ME's office continues to lose credibility
Thank Matt Stout from the Globe for uncovering this latest blunder.
Despite fabricating degree, top official in medical examiner’s office promoted back into management
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,December 4, 2019, 8:35 p.m.
A top official in the state medical examiner’s office, who was demoted last year amid revelations she claimed to have a psychology degree she never earned, has been promoted to a management role overseeing staff across the state for the agency, and at a higher salary than before she was downgraded.
Lisa Riccobene — a handpicked top aide to Dr. Mindy Hull, the state’s chief medical examiner — was last month named the agency’s chief administrative officer. She supervises support staff in all of the agency’s facilities, including its Boston headquarters.
The new title, which she assumed in early November, closely mirrors the one Riccobene held before state officials last year suspended and demoted her to what they called a non-supervisory role. It came after the Globe reported that she claimed to have a master’s degree from Northeastern University, though the school had no record of it.
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At $115,000 a year, Riccobene’s new salary is actually higher than the $112,000 she previously made as the director of administrative services for the agency, which is responsible for investigating violent and unexplained deaths throughout the state.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 9:53 AM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Another failure of our Governor. Your family has been impacted by this Jim. What say you as to how we address this ongoing failure of a state agency?
I wish I had an answer. But I do feel the answer lies with the Governor's Office. One can only wonder what effect this will have on future cases that call into question the qualifications of those who determine the cause of death of our loved ones.
This is just shameful. It has been going on for years and years and no one seems to give a dam except the families,like yours Jim, that are left with no answers. How many potential murderers are getting away with it because the MEs office fails to find a cause of death? How can that be acceptable? What does the Governor actually say about this? Who is the cabinet level head of this office?
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