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Bice: DNC Host Committee leadership sidelined amid allegations of toxic work environment
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Adam Alonso, chief of staff to the 2020 DNC Host Committeee, left, and Liz Gilbert, the committee president, right (Photo: 2020 DNC Host Committee; Journal Sentinel files)
Bice: DNC Host Committee leadership sidelined amid allegations of toxic work environment
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2020/02/03/dnc-host-committee-leaders-sidelined-amid-probe-toxic-work-culture/4645443002/
Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 7:29 p.m. CT Feb. 3, 2020 | Updated 8:31 p.m. CT Feb. 3, 2020
The two top officials overseeing Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were sidelined Monday amid allegations of a toxic work culture.
In a letter to staff obtained by the Journal Sentinel, the board said it had retained an attorney to investigate "concerns about the work environment" for the Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee.
During the investigation, Liz Gilbert, president of the host committee, will not be in the office and "will not have direct contact with staff," the letter says. Adam Alonso, the chief of staff for the group, has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the probe.
Both will be paid as the investigation moves forward. The letter gives no timeline when Carmen N. Decot, a partner with Foley & Lardner, will finish her probe.
The abrupt move comes less than six months before the start of the Democratic National Convention. The host committee — the civic, nonpartisan arm of the convention — is responsible for raising $70 million to stage the July event at Fiserv Forum and recruit some 15,000 volunteers. ............................
They accused the top two officials, Gilbert and Alonso, of giving contracts to their friends in New Jersey, calling meetings and then failing to attend them and being more focused on accumulating power than promoting Milwaukee......................................................
