Armond Budish and William Mason

This is to notify you of my resignation from my position of Chief Talent Officer with
Cuyahoga County Government.

Over the four years that have led the County?s Human Resources Department we have
made great strides. HR staff fixed the County?s runaway healthcare cost and repositioned our
healthcare plans to align with today?s employee and organizational needs, established best
practices in compensation, retooled our wellness program to focus on outcomes and positive
behavior change, clearly defined roles between PRC and Human Resources and established a
more collaborative working relationship, drove strong workers compensation cost savings and
introduced an organization-wide safety approach, led in the development of leadership
competencies and established and aligned an organizational learning platform, established a
talent acquisition team and significantly reduced our time to fill, established stronger
collaborative relationships with our unions, and so much more.

There is so much more work that needs to be done, but I believe it's time for the County
to bring on its next Human Resources leader.

My resignation is not because I believe I have done anything wrong, but I must ensure
the sanity and health of my family, and my family must come first at this point.

lam very grateful for the opportunity that has been given to me.

WM

Douglas M. Dykes