The staff member throwing the stones is Alison Cave, a little-known urban planner who chairs the bank's staff association. Cave has gained notoriety in the bank by taking the unprecedented step of seeking a bank president's resignation.
"We stand up for staff being treated equitably. There shouldn't be favoritism," said Alison Cave, head of the World Bank staff association. Staff members aligned with Wolfowitz have cast Cave as a lone actor motivated by a personal vendetta to oust the president. It is a claim she denies, but her role as leader of the bank's staff association has put her in a face-off with Wolfowitz, who is under fire for overseeing a promotion and pay raise for a woman to whom he is romantically linked.