3 Fired female executives sue Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Associated Press

VALLEY – Three recently fired female executives have filed a wrongful‑termination lawsuit against the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Chief Operating Officer Beverly Hart, 35, and Human Resources Manager Linda Bodak, 46, were fired on Aug. 9, and Chief Financial Officer Sarah Stuckey, 37, was let go on Aug. 10.

All were told by foundation Chief Executive Officer Phil Allsopp that their positions had been eliminated.

The lawsuit filed Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court alleges that the three women were fired in retaliation for questioning foundation irregularities, including allegations of questionable bidding procedures.

A second count, filed on Stuckey’s behalf, claims defamation by a member of the foundation’s board of directors.

Gerald Morosco, chairman of the foundation’s board of directors, said he had not seen the complaint and could not comment.

The foundation runs an architecture school and archive, licensing and tour operations at its historic landmark campuses in Scottsdale and at Spring Green, Wis.

Hart and Stuckey, both employed by the foundation for eight years, served as interim chief executives during a recent reorganization that addressed legal issues about the foundation board’s makeup and looming financial problems. Bodak served in human resources for 18 years. The foundation is based at Taliesin West–the architecture center Wright started in Scottsdale in 1937.