Weeks after announcing layoffs affecting dozens of workers, the California Academy of Sciences said executive director Scott Sampson will step down later this month.
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“It has been a privilege to serve the Academy and work alongside such talented staff, scientists, and educators,” Sampson, who led the San Francisco museum and scientific research hub for nearly seven years, said in a statement Thursday. “I’ve decided that it is the right time to step aside.”
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