Fresno Arts Council appoints new interim executive director amid $1.5M embezzlement scandal

Fresno Arts Council appoints new interim executive director amid $1.5M embezzlement scandal

The Fresno Arts Council has appointed a new interim executive director amid a $1.5 million embezzlement scandal.

Amid scandal, Fresno Arts Council appoints new interim leader

The Fresno Arts Council has a new leader, months after the alleged embezzlement of $1.5 million in Measure P funds by the organization’s former employee rocked the arts community and lost the Arts Council its deal to administer the arts grant program. The Arts Council’s board shared in an email late Friday afternoon that Andrea Mele, the organization’s former program manager, has been appointed interim executive director. Mele replaces longtime …

Lilia Gonzáles Chávez, longtime executive director, is out at the Fresno Arts Council

Gonzáles Chávez leaves the beleaguered organization after embezzlement scandal.