“When the Harvey Weinstein story broke, not only myself but many people still working at the Conservancy were like, ‘Whoa,’” said a current employee. “I knew it would reach TNC eventually. It was just a matter of time.”
But the TNC’s shift didn’t endear Tercek and McPeek to the scientists, ecologists and naturalists who staffed the group’s operations around the globe, a senior leader said.
Their approach was undoubtedly good for business. The Nature Conservancy pulled in $547.2 million in revenue in 2009, Tercek’s first full year atop the organization. Last year, it generated just shy of $1.3 billion. It also expanded globally, jumping from operations in about 30 countries a decade ago to 72 now.
“There is a pattern of letting somewhat senior people go so that they won’t sue them,” said a former marketing staffer, who secured a “generous” severance when her position was eliminated, according to the staffer. The person added, “It was people who had an opinion or a point of view and you didn’t fall in line.”
Senior manager meetings, held around the country, were often a source of problems, former staffers said. Hundreds of staff every year flew into the events, where alcohol was plentiful, meetings were often conducted over dinner, and former staffers reported seeing people dancing on tables and testing the boundaries of appropriate collegial relations.
In another case, not previously reported, multiple people in the group’s Mexico office complained to ethics and compliance staffers that Juan Bezaury Creel, a top official there, had shoved a folder in the face of Leticia Gutiérrez Lorandi, an employee who was five months pregnant, and who stepped back just in time to avoid being struck.
“Ms. Gutiérrez perceived that I acted in a physically aggressive way toward her during a press conference,” he said. “Under our institutional culture, perceived aggressions are equated to real aggressions.”Bezaury left his full-time environmental policy director position in March; he is working part-time on contract with The Nature Conservancy until July 15 out of its Mexico City office space, he said by email.
Men and women both said culture change started with leadership, but women specifically called out male leaders specifically while their male counterparts didn’t. The report, released in late May, found one of the four sexual harassment allegations against McPeek to be “credible.” It also revealed deeper schisms: Women called The Nature Conservancy a difficult place to thrive; higher-ups routinely sided with those accused of misconduct; alcohol at work functions often fueled bad decisions.sending the report to staff, Tercek called a town hall to assure employees that top management would fix the problems.
The fallout was rapid. McPeek resigned the next day, on May 31, just after the departures of Mark Burget, who headed the group's North American operations, and another executive, Kacky Andrews, who were accused of failing to disclose being in a relationship with each other. Tercek announced June 7 that he would resign — he left as of July 1.The group also tapped former Obama administration Interior Secretary Sally Jewell as interim CEO starting Sept. 3.
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