The CEO of a taxpayer-funded children’s agency is making changes following an Action News Jax investigation into her outside business activities.
Saralyn Grass, Chief Executive Officer of the Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) since 2023, sent an email to her board late Tuesday night, obtained by Action News Jax’s Ben Becker, stating she is removing her name from a consulting company website she and her husband launched in May to “avoid any confusion,” wrote Grass.
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The website for Verdant Synergies LLC, lists services including expert witness work provided by Grass, as well as grant writing and fundraising consulting by her husband.
The investigation by Action News Jax on Tuesday revealed that Grass had not filed a required secondary employment disclosure form with the City of Jacksonville until that day, after we started asking questions on Monday. That form is mandated under city rules to ensure employees’ outside work does not conflict with their public duties…