Subject: Re: Resignation from Board
From: "Matt Spence" <[email-masked]>
To: "Pierre Chao" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>, "John Driscoll" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Stephen Bailey" <[email-masked]>, "Sally Painter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:57:20 -0700

Pierre — Thank you for all you’ve done to support the Truman Project these past years. From our very early days, you have been a tremendous supporter and guide.

We — and me personally — are hugely grateful for all you’ve done. You’ll always be part of the Truman family, and thank you for all you have done.

Matt

> On Jul 5, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Pierre Chao <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Michael:
>  
> It is with a great deal of bittersweet sentiment that I inform you that I must resign from the board of directors of the Truman National Security Project.  As I’ve noted in our conversations, my business time commitments have risen to a level where I find it difficult to also meet my TNSP responsibilities.  If I’m going to do something, I’d prefer to do it at a high level of performance and over the last few years I’ve found that harder and harder to achieve as far as TNSP is concerned.
>  
> It has been a great privilege to be part of the growth and evolution of Truman over the last 11 years.  I continue to believe that Truman is undertaking an extremely important mission and it has been fun interacting with some of the best and most energetic minds in the national security community.
>  
> As I noted, I’d like to remain a part of the family and supportive of the mission.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Pierre Chao