Sierra Club Managers Accuse Group’s Leader of Failing to Fight Trump

More than 100 employees declared their lack of confidence in Executive Director Ben Jealous after the organization announced layoffs.

Sierra Club director Ben Jealous
Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous speaks with a reporter at the Sierra Club’s offices in Washington, D.C. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP

More than 100 employees of the Sierra Club have accused the organization’s leader of failing to “articulate any concrete strategy” to fight the Trump administration in a letter to the leading environmental group’s board of directors.

The 117 individuals — mostly at the manager level, and calling themselves the “majority” of the organization’s non-unionized staff — said they were expressing a vote of no confidence in a letter on Monday, claiming that Executive Director Ben Jealous has not provided “any vision, leadership, or inspiration.”

“There is a widespread impression that Mr. Jealous may not be familiar with the Sierra Club’s work at all,” the letter writers wrote.