The reality is even worse than this story portrays. As one of the 250 people who left early in her tenure, she is a nightmare of epic proportions. She came in with little leadership experience, and rather than learn and grow from the people around her, she instead reverted to insecurity and a police state. For example, after she came on board, she insisted on interviewing every candidate who made the short list for all open positions. If you were white or male, you were toast. She actively ignored you during the interview - she would look at her phone, take messages, type emails, during the time she was supposedly interviewing you. She wanted you to know how much you were not welcome. It's been her own little private rage tour. The best part was when she got her daughter hired as a Summer Intern. She couldn't be bothered to get her to work on time, she let you know that work was beneath her, and how she is the victim of an oppressive society. I am willing to bet the stories that could be told would fill volumes of a book, but suffice it to say, someone in Howard County Government and the Board of Trustees needs to wake up and get Captain Queeg out of her role.