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Today I am in Portland – a truly different universe (Portlandia?). Soon I will be on Horizon Air to Seattle – then home tonight so I can be at my board meeting in the morning.
I serve on the national board of Camp Fire and was here to visit one of the best Council’s (Alaska’s Council is still #1) and to see some of the program officers at Murdock Trust on Foraker business.
The meetings went well, but I am a bit blue – maybe jealous – after watching how good, committed, and creative the Portland Camp Fire ED was. All of the characteristics I outlined in the April newsletter on great nonprofit CEO’s were manifested in his performance today. He was socially intelligent, courageous, and he was totally committed to mission.
So you may wonder why my somber mood? It’s not because he was so good. It was because he is still early in his career, and while I plan to work for years to come, I am a bit later in my career. I guess I’m just human. Time to get home and go to bed.
Dennis