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The founder of New Leaf Digital and CoWorking Night has resigned after what the Huntsville nonprofit described as an "unfortunate incident" on a dance floor.

Details about the incident, which New Leaf said happened on April 22, were not immediately known today. However, a statement from New Leaf said Chris Beaman has experienced a "general deterioration in his wellbeing, which in turn led to some instabilities in his life" as a result of "the unexpected successes of New Leaf."

Huntsville Police spokesman Stacy Bates confirms there are two active third-degree misdemeanor assault warrants involving Beaman from April 23, but he has not been served. Efforts to reach Beaman were not successful Wednesday and it was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Chris Beaman is the founder of New Leaf Digital and the wildly successful CoWorking Night.

Beaman, who came to Huntsville from Boston in 2015 to work for Curse, announced Wednesday morning he is leaving New Leaf, which will now be run by Executive Director Toni Eberhart. He said the organization is in good hands under Eberhart, the Board of Directors and leadership team.

In a statement Wednesday night, Eberhart said they asked Beaman to take a leave of absence from New Leaf after they learned about the incident and that alcohol was involved.

"The Board cannot, and does not, condone public intoxication by anyone involved with the organization," she said. "After Chris continued to work himself to exhaustion on (New Leaf) projects, all parties decided that it would be best for him to resign, which he did. In light of the legal issues he is now facing, we feel it's also for the best that he is no longer involved with the organization."

She said there are currently no plans for Beaman to rejoin New Leaf in any capacity and they "wish him the best in all his future endeavors."

New Leaf, which provides innovation services to young professionals, said early Wednesday "the unexpected successes of New Leaf in its mission to provide entrepreneurial education and development events for millennials eventually created a very stressful situation for Chris."

"Recently, this led to him not sleeping properly and to a general deterioration in his wellbeing, which in turn led to some instabilities in his life," the nonprofit said. "Most recently, these culminated in an unfortunate incident on the dance floor of a Lowe-Mill event Saturday, April 22."

The full statement is available on New Leaf's Facebook page.

Yuri's Night, Huntsville's biggest space party, was held at Lowe Mill the evening of April 22. Eberhart, a former marketing specialist, did not elaborate on the events leading up to Beaman's resignation.

"The board made a decision based on information that they became aware of and things unfolded from there," she said.

Beaman said on Facebook he is "ready for a good night's sleep," and will be back in Huntsville by early June.

"You may have noticed that I've been increasingly erratic lately," he said. "The sleeplessness compounded, the workload overflowed, and the pressures did me in. As such, I'm heading back to Boston for a month to visit with family, get some sleep, and return to a health-focused routine."

Beaman, 33, is also the subject of a 2008 Boston Herald story about an assault against his former girlfriend that left her temporarily in a wheelchair. He was 24 at the time he was sentenced to a year in jail, the news agency said.

Eberhart was New Leaf's part-time executive director last year before she came on board full-time in April. While the leadership transition may seem abrupt, she said the organization is well poised to see New Leaf through its next stage of growth.

She hopes to build on New Leaf's momentum and explore strategic partnerships in the community.

"I'm really excited to take a deep dive, a hard look at how we can streamline some of our efforts to focus in on our mission," she said.

She is now overseeing several initiatives, including New Leaf Digital, CoWorking Night, 32/10, 4 Hours to Product, OpenHSV, New Leaf Media, Huntsville Founders, NASA Space Apps Challenge, Startups in Huntsville, Humanoids of Huntsville, Founder Focus, Speaker Series and Deep Dives.

Updated at 4:49 p.m. Wednesday with details from The Boston Herald and Huntsville Police. Updated at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday with a statement from Toni Eberhart.

