The chief development officer for Northern Seminary says she was fired this week and believes it is connected to her complaints about the former president, who resigned, and how the trustees handled the resignation.
Jennie Boysen told Baptist News Global Interim President John Bowling told her this week on a Zoom meeting the board had instructed him to terminate her, and she had the option to resign with a severance. After the meeting, her email and electronic access to the seminary had been blocked. Boysen, who is also an alumna, said she hasn’t received anything in writing from the seminary about this week’s action, nor had she received any negative feedback about her competency or job performance.
She did receive a letter in February offering her severance if she resigned, after her complaints about former President Bill Shiell were investigated and found did “not warrant disciplinary action against Dr. Shiell,” according to the letter she shared with BNG. According to the letter, her job required working with Shiell, and as she had said she was unable to do that, she was offered a severance package. Boysen hired a lawyer who contacted the seminary but didn’t receive a response.
In the meantime, 16 other complaints against Shiell’s leadership surfaced, leading to the board placing him on leave, from which he never returned. After conducting its own investigation of Shiell’s reported bullying and retaliatory tactics, the board accepted the president’s resignation. Since...
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