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M A R C H 2 3 , 2 0 2 0
10
2007
WWW.AVESTAHOUSING.ORG
$300M
ASSETS GROWN FROM $60M TO
2,700
AFFORDABLE HOMES
INCREASED FROM 800 TO
17,000
SAFE, QUALITY,
AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR
PEOPLE
THANK YOU and
CONGRATULATIONS to
Dana Totman on
of mission-driven leadership,
organizational growth,
and community investment
as the President & CEO of
Avesta Housing.
Henry "Hank" Schmelzer
Retired CEO / Maine Community Foundation
What he is doing today: Retired
Key lessons learned as a manager: Listen to your employees and
clients. Always be open to new ideas and ways to do things. Success
will come from a team effort, which all employees understand and
commit to.
Advice to Maine's next generation of business leaders:
• Mainers are too modest. ey have to be more willing to speak
with enthusiasm and pride about the accomplishments of their
organizations and colleagues.
• Be entrepreneurial, take a chance, embrace change.
• Get your team committed to the goals of your business; they
have to understand them and be convinced. at will lead to
success.
Henry "Hank" Schmelzer is the retired CEO
of the Maine Community Foundation.
"Mainers are too modest. They have
to be more willing to speak with
enthusiasm and pride about the
accomplishments of their organizations
and colleagues." – Henry "Hank" Schmelzer
