‘Implementing the recommendations is the easy part’; TNRD working to rebuilding trust

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“Just some policies and procedures and best practices. Things that as you go through an election, one board ends and the new board starts. There are some things that need to go back to the policy committee, get formalized and adopted officially by the board. But, most things are complete and I think we should be complete this quarter,” stated Hildebrand.

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While it will be the responsibility of the new board to complete the job, Roden was happy to see the bulk of the work completed prior to the election.

“They are coming in to a completely new culture. They know right from the get-go these are the expectations, this is the code of conduct, this is how we operate. And I think that is really going to make a huge difference going forward for the organization,” said Roden.

A year ago, Hildebrand stated that he believes it will take a long time for the TNRD to regain the trust of the public. Twelve months later and he hopes they have begun move forward.

“I think we have started that. I think we are a long way from complete trust again. But, we are certainly down the path, and on track to start to rebuild that trust moving forward,” said Hildebrand.

“In some ways implementing the recommendations is the easy part, because you can create policies and bylaws. Winning back trust is very hard once it has been lost. That is going to be ongoing, and I expect that is something that we deal with every day. In our actions and our words we have to show the people of the TNRD we have learned from the past,” added Roden.

The oversight won’t end when the recommendations are completed later this year, with checks and balances remaining in place to ensure another scandal can’t happen.

“This is more of an evolution. I think we need to always make sure we always have best practices, updated policies and procedures and making sure that conflict of interests, code of conduct and all those annual sign-offs are happening on a regular basis,” said Hildebrand.