The entire Time’s Up board, including Shonda Rhimes and Eva Longoria, is now stepping down, just over a week after the CEO resigned from his role in the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal.
Time’s Up announced the shock in a statement over the weekend, acknowledging the “current crisis” surrounding the advocacy group for victims of sexual harassment.
Nonprofits have been shaken by the scandal of recent weeks after it emerged that their leaders advised the dishonored administration of former New York Governor Cuomo after he was accused of wrongdoing last year. sexual conduct.
General President Tina Tchen and Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund President Roberta Kaplan resigned from their roles in the Cuomo scandal.
“We see the current crisis within Time’s Up as an important opportunity for growth and change,” the group’s statement said.
“Time’s Up is ready for new leadership and we want to move strongly towards its new iteration.”
The current board will be completely replaced by new members over the next 30 days.
Four current board members – Ashley Judd, Colleen DeCourcy, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan and Gabrielle Sulzberger – will remain briefly to help make a “smooth transition,” the group said.
Longoria and Rhimes, as well as Nina Shaw, Hilary Rosen, Katie McGrath, Christy Haubegger, Ana Navarro and Jurnee Smollett are some of those who will leave next month.
Time’s Up is currently headed by interim CEO Monifa Bandele.
The new council’s revelations come after Time’s faced intense scrutiny from supporters over the Cuomo trial after an investigation by the New York Attorney General found it sexually harassed at least 11 women.
Kaplan resigned after the investigation found he had been involved in efforts to try to discredit Cuomo’s first public indictment, Lindsey Boylan.
A few days after Cuomo’s resignation, Tchen also stepped down as CEO after text messages revealed he had initially discouraged Time’s Up leaders from making any public comment on Boylan’s allegations.
In a statement announcing his resignation, Tchen acknowledged that he had become a “divisive” figure.
“I am especially aware that my position at the helm of TIME’S up has become a painful and divisive focal point, where the same women and other activists who should work together to fight for change are fighting each other in harmful ways.” he said. he said then.