TCHC slams the door on CEO Kathy Milsom
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Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) has announced President and CEO Kathy Milsom is no longer heading up the organization after an investigation into the awarding of $1.3 million consultant’s contract.
As first reported by the Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy last fall, “change management” consultant Edmond Millena of Orchango was retained by executives at the social housing agency for an initial price tag of $65,433, and subsequently won a $1.2 million RFP last March.
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In a statement Thursday following an investigation of the RFP, the TCHC board issued a statement denouncing the process.
“Having carefully considered all of the available evidence, the Board has concluded that TCHC CEO Kathy Milsom’s conduct throughout this process did not meet the high standard that we set for ourselves,” the statement said.
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“This conduct included overseeing an RFP process that did not comply with the procedures and protocols expected of a public procurement process and failing to fully cooperate with the investigation that has led to this independent report.“
As such, we agree that it is in the best interest of the organization that Ms. Milsom cease to be CEO, effective immediately,” the statement said.
A TCHC spokesperson said Milsom will not receive any severance, only the compensation owing to her as of the date of her termination.
Mayor John Tory said he supports the TCHC decision.
“I firmly believe that everyone involved in the good governance of city agencies must be held to the absolute highest standards,” Tory said.
“The Toronto Community Housing board has taken decisive action and I believe the board has made the right decision.”
Milsom denied any wrongdoing in a statement, calling the TCHC board’s decision ‘deeply troubling.’
“I can say with emphatic and unequivocal certainty that at all times I acted in the best interest of the organization, its tenants, its employees, and its stakeholders,” Milsom said.
“I look forward to being vindicated of these allegations in due course.”
She had undertaken to bring positive, meaningful change to the large organization as she was hired to do, Milsom said.
Under her leadership, the TCHC became more fire safety conscious, more focused on the tenants, responsive and fiscally responsible, she said.
Milsom declined an opportunity to provide further comment.
The TCHC would not provide a copy of the investigation report by Bennett Jones, stating it will be kept confidential as it relates to a human resources matter and potential litigation.
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