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Red Cross Prez Forced Out for 'Relationship'

Posted Nov 28, 07 5:57 AM CST in Arts & Living,  Business 

(Newser) – The president and CEO of the Red Cross was forced to resign yesterday for having an inappropriate "personal relationship with a subordinate employee" just six months after he was hired. "This is a huge punch in the stomach," said an organization official. Mark Everson was the Red Cross's third president in eight years.

The loss is a blow to the organization, which was criticized for its handling of Hurricane Katrina and has had a hard time keeping top executves. "This will affect fundraising, organizational morale and public trust in this organization, which is already dangerously low," said the head of a company that tracks nonprofits.

Source New York Times

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Mark Everson, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, in a Wednesday, April 18, 2007 file photo. Everson, who took the...   (Associated Press)
Mark Everson, the new president of the American Red Cross, sits for a portrait at a Red Cross chapter in New York, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 . (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)   (Associated Press)
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