by Michael Iglio, the CEO and president of Catholic Charities Fort Worth, has left the organization, authorities announced Wednesday.
The nonprofit told the Fort Worth Report on August 20 that Beth Kwasny was appointed interim CEO and began serving in the position on Monday. She served as the past chair of the board of directors at Catholic Charities Fort Worth.
The Report’s questions about Iglio’s departure from the charity, whether he resigned or was fired, and other issues surrounding the leadership shift were not quickly answered by nonprofit officials.
The nonprofit website claims that Kwasny, a retired Air Force officer, has over 30 years of experience in the defense industry in both military and contractor capacities. She has twenty years of experience volunteering with Catholic Charities Fort Worth.
Since June 2023, Iglio has served as the director of Catholic Charities Fort Worth. Prior to that, starting in April 2020, he served as the organization’s chief operational officer.
A month after the nonprofit overturned its decision to stop receiving government funding for its leadership role in Texas refugee resettlement, the leadership announcement was made.
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Since 2021, the nonprofit organization based in Fort Worth has run the Texas Office for Refugees, which is the federal entity assigned to oversee refugee resettlement in the state. In 2016, Texas essentially left the administration of the federal refugee funds to nonprofit organizations after withdrawing from the country’s resettlement program.
At first, the group intended to stop participating in statewide resettlement in October.Iglio declared in July that the organization would carry on with the project until September 30, 2026, when its federal contract expired.
Catholic Charities A representative for the group informed the Fort Worth Report that Fort Worth has 24 charitable partners. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported in November 2024 that Texas led the country in refugee resettlement in 2023, with over 5,000 refugees settling there.
Catholic Charities Following President Donald Trump’s administration’s announcement and subsequent reversal of a federal funding suspension in January, Fort Worth was among a number of humanitarian organizations that filed a lawsuit against the federal government at the start of the year.
The group sued Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on March 3, alleging that the government had illegally frozen monies given to the refugee resettlement program. Officials from Catholic Charities Fort Worth noted that while their payment requests were not fulfilled, other organizations were given their allotted monies when the freezing order was lifted.
Federal officials stated they have marked Catholic Charities for a program integrity investigation in a court filing. According to the petition, its funds were suspended to investigate whether the group invoiced for services that were not covered by its grants and whether the monies covered actions that went beyond what was required by the Refugee Act of 1980.
According to court filings, Catholic Charities Fort Worth collected $47 million on March 17 following two weeks of legal back and forth.
The money that was deposited was made just days after the charity informed the Texas Workforce Commission that 169 employees might be let off. Following the January halt on financing for refugee resettlement, other Catholic Charities affiliates in Dallas, Houston, and Galveston also announced a number of layoffs.
“Catholic Charities Fort Worth will use the remaining time in its contract for a more stable and responsible transition that ensures the well-being of clients across Texas,” Iglio said in a statement released on July 17.
Marissa Greene, who covers faith for the Fort Worth Report, is a member of the Report for America corps. [email protected], you can reach her.
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