A longtime Phoenix Suns employee reportedly sent a resignation email to more than a dozen in the team’s ownership group, detailing claims of bullying and vengeance from leadership after sharing concerns about gender equity and misconduct in the franchise, according to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes.
Melissa Fender Panagiotakopoulos, who had been working for Phoenix since August 2007, sent the email to 16 members who were “key stakeholders” that included former Suns majority owner and WNBA’s Mercury owner Robert Sarver, asking the organization to fix what she labeled as an unsafe and misogynistic workplace culture.
Panagiotakopoulos shared a list of allegations in her resignation that explain the “culture” and “character” of the leadership, according to documents obtained by ESPN. Panagiotakopoulos felt the group of stakeholders could “influence positive change.”
