Philly Startup Leaders president Bob Moore announced Saturday, in a letter posted to the PSL Slack, that executive director Yuval Yarden stepped down from her role on Thursday.

“On Tuesday, our Executive Director exemplified behavior and made statements on a panel at the Black & Brown Founders Conference that were disappointing, inappropriate and unacceptable,” the statement, signed by Moore and chairman Rick Nucci, read. “We are sorry. While the statements do not represent the values of our organization, the fact that this occurred at all is a reflection of our poor efforts around diversity and inclusion. We have serious work to do. Now.”

Yarden, who became the org’s first full-time employee in March 2016, had come under fire on social media and Philly tech backchannel talk this week after a tense panel discussion at the Black & Brown Founders conference Tuesday.

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