Overview
- Suda filed her lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court days after the board’s executive committee terminated her for cause following an outside law firm’s investigation.
- The complaint alleges certain trustees engineered a “sham” probe into her compensation and expenses, including a roughly $39,000 two‑year cost‑of‑living raise, which her camp says was authorized and disclosed; her 2023 pay totaled about $729,000.
- The museum has acknowledged the suit and said it is without merit, declining to comment further on specifics of the investigation or the termination.
- Day-to-day operations are now being handled by deputy director Louis Marchesano as trustees consider interim leadership options.
- The filing says the abrupt dismissal jeopardizes Suda’s U.S. permanent residency because reduced severance terms could leave her without qualifying income.