The Executive Director of the American Samoa Power Authority Wallon Young was served a letter of termination on Friday.
This was confirmed by Vice Chairman of the ASPA Board of Directors Tala Marcellus Uiagalelei. He told KHJ News that the Board voted to end Young’s contract and is allowing him to resign effective today, Monday, March 9. Uiagalelei served the letter of termination to Young following a meeting of the Board on Friday. It’s understood that one member of the Board, Tasi Mauga did not sign the resolution to terminate Young’s employment. The other three members of the board voted in support of the termination: Ted Le’iato, Douglas Buhr, and Jansen Poyer who attended via Zoom.
Uiagalelei said a press release would be issued today concerning Young.
In the meantime, the Board has appointed Board member Douglas Buhr to serve as acting Executive Director of ASPA. ASPA management employees were notified by email late Friday that Buhr had replace Young as Executive Director. They were also notified about a meeting at 12 pm today to discuss the changeover in leadership.
When reached over the weekend, Young declined to comment. Young has been CEO of ASPA since 2018. KHJ News understand that he has one year left in his current contract as CEO.
