It was announced at the beginning of the interim Pacifica National Board meeting on January 11, 2002, that Pacifica interim Executive Director Joanne Meredith had resigned her position, effective immediately.

This has caused problems because the Executive Director is supposed to be the one who handles all actions of Pacifica Management as assigned by the Pacifica National Board. This includes personnel changes.

On Sunday, January 13, 2002, Mr. Dan Coughlin was appointed interim Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation.