Ex Employee here.

Lets just say, this place had/has a crap load of potential. Awesome staff (albeit 4-5 sour apples over the past 5 years) awesome mission, awesome participants, awesome volunteers, awesome sponsorship/vendor relationships, etc.

The Executive Director, if you want to call him that,is not the best leader for this organization. A brilliant man in his own right, but lets just say this wasn't his forte. Horrible spending habits, poor decision making, treating employees and volunteers like garbage, not listening to his race directors, social/PR/communication ineptitude, etc.

The race directors at Team Ortho were some of the best in the biz. I don't know who is managing the races now, as 4 of the remaining core directors walked out a few months ago. What inhibited them was the ED's last minute decisions, micromanagement, and lack of communication. He flies by the seat of his pants to the beat of his own drum.

Planning a race is tough. Working with the cities and PD is tough. Its also expensive. However, there is no excuse for the difference in the revenue and charitable contributions. The ED wasted money on frivolous crap like no tomorrow.

There has been probably 30+ very talented people in and out of those doors over the last 5 years. Employee retention isn't a strong suit - a testament to his leadership, management abilities.

This race organization could flourish, with the right leadership. The right leadership was available, but I don't think the ED could imagine a Team Ortho without his visage stamped all over it. If they could dissolve the BOD, get rid of the ED and start from scratch - there is a chance. It would be an uphill battle to regain the trust of folks in Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta - but its possible.

Also, no one mentioned the vintage Rolls Royce that was bought as a photo op for the women only race?