VERO BEACH — Vicki Soule, the longtime CEO who built Treasure Coast Community Health (TCCH) into Indian River County’s largest healthcare provider outside its two major hospitals, said she was hurt and saddened by her abrupt ouster from the nonprofit organization two months ago.
Soule, 63, spoke publicly for the first time this week about her departure on Nov. 7, describing a contentious meeting with key board members where she was informed of a personnel complaint and told she would be suspended pending an outside investigation. She said details of the complaint, including its source, were not shared with her, and she chose to resign rather than prolong what she called an “irrational” process.
Soule said in a released statement that it was clear they were not going to keep her no matter what she said, and at that point she just wanted out. She was so hurt by that kind of behavior…