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192: From Hard Bid to $450 Million: Dave Fontaine Jr., CEO of Fontaine Bros., on Reinventing the Family Business
In 1933, two teenage immigrant brothers signed over their house to buy $12,000 worth of lumber and bet everything on a single job. Ninety years later, their great-grandson runs the $450 million construction firm they built.Dave Fontaine ...
191: A. Brooks Fischer, AIA, President and CEO of Newman Architects
A. Brooks Fischer unlocks the key to managing a team of architects - and gives sound advice for future leaders in the field. For more than 60 years, Newman Architects has built a respected practice, a strong portfolio, and lasting c...
190: Andrew DeFranza, Executive Director of Harborlight Homes
Barriers to affordable housing often look procedural: tackling zoning, securing funding, and facing opposition.Andrew DeFranza believes the affordability crisis sits much deeper. It begins with who communities think should be allowed to ...
189: Santo Dettore, Vice President, Development @ Northland
Pattern District is the product of a vision built patiently over decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s, Northland looked beyond its individual Needham Street properties, acquired two neighboring parcels, and ultimately brought 23 acres together u...
188: Jay Connolly, President and CEO of Connolly Brothers, Inc.
When Jay Connolly stepped into leadership at Connolly Brothers, he became the fifth generation of his family to carry forward a construction firm founded in 1880. After nearly 150 years in business, the company is still shaped by the same force...