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Judge Adrianne Bennett of Virginia Beach, the former chairwoman of the state parole board who is at the center of an ongoing scandal, went on "extended leave" in April.
OU Trustees approve three-year contract extension for President Pescovitz Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz will continue to serve as president through June 2025 following a contract extension approved by the Board of Trustees on April 12, 2021. The Oakland University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a three-year contract extension for President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., who began her tenure in July, 2017. The contract runs through June, 2025. “We are very fortunate to have President Pescovitz leading Oakland University,” said Oakland University Board Chai...
DBusiness Magazine Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz // Photo courtesy of Oakland University Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, president of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, received a three-year contract extension from the board of trustees. Her contract now runs through June 2025. Pescovitz receives an annual salary of $483,170, but she took a voluntary 20 percent pay reduction due to COVID-19. She lives at the on-campus presidential house, Sunset Terrace, and also receives a monthly car allowance. “My time as president at Oakland has been one of the greatest privileges of my life,” says Pescovitz....
Senior staff members in Gov. Ralph Northamâs administration questioned the power of Virginiaâs watchdog agency to investigate the Virginia Parole Board during an ongoing investigation and reprimanded Inspector General Michael Westfall for how many investigations his office was conducting during a tense meeting last summer. A recording of the meeting obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch conflicts with the governorâs previous account that his team did not intimidate Westfall and his staff. The 71-minute recording of the Aug. 14 meeting also shows that Northamâs chief of s...
Audio shows Northam administration criticizing watchdog SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2020, file photo Virginia Secretary of Public Safety, Brian Moran, foreground, introduces Gov. Ralph Northam, right, and others during a news conference announcing Northam's legislative criminal justice priorities in Richmond, Va. In a 2020 meeting, members of Northam’s administration, including Moran, criticized the state inspector general over his ongoing investigation into the parole board and made clear they wanted to keep subsequent findi...