Worcester Business Journal

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"First and foremost, she clearly under- stood the mission of the agency and was passionate about that. She was somebody who also had a good balance of working in the nonprofit sector, but also had a great business sense about her, which is crucial for growing and developing an agency like ours. We have 87 cities and towns across Central Mass and MetroW- est, so that can be a bit daunting. So, you need both the commitment to the mis- sion, passion for what you're doing, and then somebody who understands what it takes to grow an organization to be able to service more youth," Paczkowski said. Askin has an incredible ability to make genuine connections with others, which is imperative to recruiting more mentors and supporting youths, said Paczkowski. "She's a great combination of a solid leader in the workforce who can drive what needs to be done for the business, but then she is also somebody who understands that culture involves the human component and the human relationships. She takes the mentoring relationship outside of just the bigs and the littles, and she really tries to have a mentoring relationship with the staff that she is working with. She wants it to be an open-door policy type of environment," said Paczkowski. Paczkowski credits Askin with overseeing the agency's move out of the Denholm Building, which was a complex operation. rough Askin's leadership and teamwork with others, the move was successful and allowed the agency to expand physically while establishing a rejuvenated mindset of growth and positivity among the staff. Paczkowski calls the relocation one of Askin's biggest accomplishments as CEO. "It just was beyond my wildest expec- tations of what this move could mean for our agency. It was a really big deal for us," Paczkowski said. "Office space is maybe not the thing you'd expect for me to say, and I could also talk about the numerous new programs that she's cre- ated, but I just think that this move sets just the right tone for so many different reasons about what our agency is doing, and where we're headed. We are proud to have gotten that under our belts. Now we can really have a space that we can call home and be proud of." W

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