Columbia Association board faces public outcry at first meeting after CEO Lakey Boyd asks to be transitioned out

Twenty-four hours after Columbia Association President and CEO Lakey Boyd said she had no choice but to be transitioned out of her role, residents of Maryland’s second-largest city packed the nonprofit’s boardroom Thursday night to testify in support of the embattled leader and demand transparency from the board. “Lakey Boyd has sacrificed herself for our community,” Skye Anderson testified to the association’s board of directors. “You, dear board members, have sacrificed our community for yourselves.”