Subject: Re: Truman Center board vote email, etc.
From: "Meghan Valle" <[email-masked]>
To: "Greg Craig" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Jake Sullivan" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Robert Abernethy" <[email-masked]>, "Susan Brophy" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 18:39:27 -0400

Hi all,

Please find the attached bio and headshot for Bishop.
Thanks,
Meghan

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 6:32 PM Greg Craig <[email-masked]> wrote:

>
>
> Members of the Board:
>
> As you already know, Mike Breen is leaving his position at Truman and will
> be transitioning to his new position as President and CEO of Human Rights
> First.  We are all very grateful for his leadership over the years, and we
> are excited for him with this new opportunity.
>
> As Truman Center Chairman, together with Truman Project's Chairman John
> Driscoll, we will form a search committee to find a permanent replacement
> for Mike, i.e., someone to serve as the next chief executive of Truman. We
> will share more details about this in the coming weeks.
>
> Meanwhile, in the immediate near term, we need to name an interim
> Executive Director for Truman prior to the public announcement of Mike's
> departure, which is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. The interim Executive
> Director will be empowered as chief executive in order to execute the
> organization's current strategic plan, adapting the plan as necessary in
> consultation with the Board, until such time as the Board completes a
> deliberate process to select a new CEO.
>
> We recommend and would like to nominate, and *confirm through a board
> e-mail vote,* Bishop Garrison as interim Executive Director.  Bishop has
> been a member of the Truman community since 2013, and has recently joined
> staff as Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy. His full bio and
> headshot are attached here for more information. I have had the opportunity
> to meet with Bishop already, and am sure you will agree that he is
> extremely well-equipped to lead the organization's work for the immediate
> near term.
>
>
> *Please respond to me and Meghan Valle ([email-masked]
> <[email-masked]>) by end of day on Wednesday 9/5 with your vote*
>  to confirm Bishop as interim Executive Director in advance of the public
> announcement on Thursday.
>
> Thanks all for your continued support.
>
>
> Greg
>
>
> --
> *Meghan Valle*
> Special Assistant to the President
> Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project
>
> Office: 202.216.9723 x2313
> Cell: 419.360.0757
> @TrumanProject | @TrumanCenter
> www.trumanproject.org/ | www.trumancenter.org
>
>
>
>
> --
*Meghan Valle*
Special Assistant to the President
Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project

Office: 202.216.9723 x2313
Cell: 419.360.0757
@TrumanProject | @TrumanCenter
www.trumanproject.org/ | www.trumancenter.org

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