She was accused of abuse and financial impropriety within the organization in 1979, and resigned in 1983 after agreeing to pay back $20,000 in excessive personal expenses.
She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1956, Columbia Law School (JD (1959), and New York University (MD 1963).
[3] In 1979, New York magazine published a detailed article by investigative journalist Lucy Komisar alleging serious abuse and financial misconduct at Odyssey House, including that Densen-Gerber used residents as personal servants.
[4] In 1983 she resigned her position as executive director after a state investigation found financial irregularities.
Densen-Gerber paid back $20,000 in excessive personal expenses in order to close the investigation.