Paul Edmondson, the CEO and president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation who has been heavily involved in turbulence at James Madison’s Montpelier, a Trust property, has announced he will step down from his post in the spring of 2023.

Montpelier remains mired in turmoil, with key departures from both its board and its staff — and with another key board member threatened with eviction from the board because she objects to what has been described as a “hostile, woke takeover” of the estate museum. Montpelier’s finances this year were precarious, according to memos from its now-departed chief financial officer, and the Trust’s own finances reportedly have been challenged by the pandemic and other factors.

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