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CEO of Fairmount Park Conservancy, which ushered in controversial FDR Park plan, steps down

The conservancy recently announced the resignation on its website but gave no reason for Maura McCarthy’s departure.

Maura McCarthy, CEO of the Fairmount Park Conservancy, greets the new Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commissioner Susan Slawson during the Boathouse Row relighting ceremony at the fish ladder in Philadelphia on March 7, 2024.
Maura McCarthy, CEO of the Fairmount Park Conservancy, greets the new Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commissioner Susan Slawson during the Boathouse Row relighting ceremony at the fish ladder in Philadelphia on March 7, 2024.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer