CEO sues nonprofit for at least $12M, alleging defamation, wrongful firing

Rick Carlisle was CEO and president of CAN Community Health for more than six years.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 p.m. July 26, 2021
File. Rick Carlisle.
File. Rick Carlisle.
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SARASOTA — Rick Carlisle, who led a major expansion of Sarasota-based CAN Community Health as CEO for six years before parting ways with the organization in June, is suing the nonprofit for wrongful termination and related allegations.

 

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