The start of a new year usually brings a bit of reminiscing about the year just passed and looking forward to goals, wishes, plans, and special events in the year ahead. PFSA celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and I realize I have spent the past 25 of those 40 years as the organization’s president and CEO.
In many ways, we have “grown up” together. Looking back to my beginning with PFSA, then called Parents Anonymous of Pennsylvania, brings me smiles, laughter, and even a few head shakes.
Truth be told, I was not the top candidate for this job; I was the runner-up. I got the gold ring by default since the organization could not pay relocation costs for the first pick and his family. The organization had less than $40,000 in the bank, no fax machine (remember those?), and a ledger book for accounting. My first day saw me bringing my own desk chair and reminding myself not to ask, “Where is the computer?” Seriously?!