IN THE NEWS | "Martha’s Table CEO Abruptly Resigns, Citing ‘Extremely Abusive’ Behavior by Board Members"
The Washington City Paper has the details of why Kim Ford is leaving the Ward 8-based nonprofit after three years. To say the east of the river community is shocked and dismayed by this news is an understatement.
“Kim Ford, the head of the high-profile human services nonprofit Martha’s Table, has resigned, claiming that the organization’s board of directors has been “extremely abusive” and prompted her decision to leave.
In a letter to supporters Thursday night, Ford said she found it “devastating” to leave the charity, which works to combat hunger and offers other services for families, after taking its top post nearly three years ago. But she wrote that she felt she had no choice but to depart after board members had “publicly threatened and humiliated me on many occasions, manipulated the team, sabotaged the organization, and spoken very negatively about the community.””
About Kim R. Ford
“Ford previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Ford provided leadership, direction, and management on over $2 billion dollars in career and technical education, adult education, correctional and re-entry education and community college initiatives, which collectively serve over 25 million students annually.
Previously, Ford served as the Dean of Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning at the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC). She promoted an environment of student success focused on building community, instituting feedback loops and helping students transition into higher levels of education and careers.
Prior to joining UDC-CC, Ford served in the Obama Administration’s Recovery Implementation Office, which was responsible for implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. She directed working relationships between the Office of the Vice President and eight federal agencies on over $350 billion dollars of Recovery Act programs.
Ford holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.”
Bio courtesy of UDC