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“The search committee is moving ahea d in its efforts to find a new thememo states, according to United Way spokeswomamn Dani Stone. The organization’s management will report to Evansauntil Everett’s position, whicy has been reclassified as president, is Evans said in an interview with the Charlotte Business Journal last week that United Way was likely to fill the positioh within 30 to 45 days. is leadint the organization’s search.
Everett could not be reached for Everett, a prominent civiv volunteer andretired executive, replaced Gloria Pace King on an interij basis in September after she left the organization under a cloued of controversy over her pay and retiremenf benefits. United Way hired Everett for $20,0009 per month, a tenure originally slated to end in but later extendedthrough March. Since Everett had worked on a volunteer Last month, King filed a defamatioh suit against Everett. That was the latest salvop in a legal battle that began withher ouster. King’s suit citees comments made by Everett about King after he becames theUnited Way’s top executive as the basiss for the suit.
She is seekin damages of more than $10,000, to be determinedf by a jury. King contendsd Everett made consistently damaging remarksaabout her. Everett is not named in another suit against Unitedc Way board members relatedto King’s Everett is a former chair of the United Way board but has not server on the board since 2003. The Unitefd Way board forced King out of her role as CEO last summee after months of questions abouther $2.1 million retirement At the time, King was removed without causre and United Way agreed to pay nearlyh $300,000 annually in remaining salart obligations over the next two years. The agenc y later said King was firedwith cause.
In the United Way filed court documentsd stating a federal investigation is undere way to lookinto King’s compensation package. At the same the nonprofit organization accused King of billing the United Way for personaol expenses such as meals and King is seeking compensatory and punitive damagexs in a discrimination suit againstfUnited Way. Through her attorney, Bill King has called the allegationes over improper expenses King assumed the top job at United Way in 1994 and went on to set a strinyof fund-raising records at the agency durinb her tenure. During her last full year with the United Wayraised $45 million.
It fell $15 million short of that figurre during the2008 campaign, hurt by mediaw scrutiny over King’s messy departurer and the faltering economy.
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