Denny DeWitt: My Sam
My friend Ron Pavellas has been my mentor since the mid 1970s. We met when he was a hospital administrator in Modesto, California, and I worked for the California Hospital Association.
He provided guidance for about four years to me before moving to Alaska. He encouraged me to apply for the CEO of the Alaska hospital association, which is the job that brought me to Alaska in 1980. Along the way he was chair of my association board and left Alaska about a year before I left to do a stint in Washington DC.
I was divorced in 1984. Ron, who had been divorced, stood by me in some very dark and discouraging days during that time. His willingness to share his experiences helped me believe that there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
Read More
Subscribe to my RSS feed.