Graham Beal
In an apparent attempt to reverse a public relations disaster, Detroit Institute of Arts directors this week repaid the museum $90,000 as reimbursement for bonuses awarded to three top executives in 2013, the Detroit News reports.
Jennifer Chamber of the Detroit News -- who broke the original story -- cited "a memo sent to suburban authorities this week and obtained by The Detroit News." The museum paid bonuses of $50,000 to DIA director Graham Beal, $30,000 to chief operating officer Annmarie Erickson and $10,000 to chief financial officer Robert Bowen
The News reports that in the memo board chairman Eugene Gargaro apologized for making "mistakes which we regret," but emphasizing there was "no wrongdoing of any kind."
The memo, the News reported, did not mention the $100,000 in bonuses paid to two executives in 2012.
