Leader of Americans for the Arts Retires After Workplace Complaints
Robert L. Lynch, the longtime president and chief executive who had been on paid leave since December, retired on Thursday, the organization’s board announced.
Robert L. Lynch had led the arts advocacy group for more than three decades before he voluntarily stepped aside.Credit...Evan Agostini/Invision, via Associated Press
May 27, 2021Updated 7:01 p.m. ET
Robert L. Lynch, the longtime president and chief executive of the Washington-based advocacy organization Americans for the Arts who had been on paid leave since December amid workplace complaints, has agreed to retire effective immediately, the organization’s board announced Thursday.