Rick Carr

Rick came on the Franke Tobey Jones Board of Directors in 1992. At that time, the Board consisted mostly of people who had some sort of personal association with the institution. They were sincere, hard-working, dedicated community volunteers who gave generously of their time and dollars in support of FTJ. However, many had no understanding of how Boards were to function and where the lines were drawn between staff and board. In spite of their good work, the institution was in organizational and financial peril.

The Executive Director was in over her head with the changes taking place in the senior living industry and under her leadership we were unable to move forward. Following her resignation, Rick and the Board began the search for a new CEO. With the voluntary assistance of an expert in hiring practices, they hired Ed Mawe as the new Executive Director. Ed was ready for the challenge.

Ed quickly diagnosed the internal staffing needs and began hiring new leadership. To rebuild the accounting practices, he hired Judy Dunn as the Accountant and soon FTJ was able to move forward by attracting a professional staff.  The increasing financial stability and improvement in the budgeting process created an interesting situation: the administrative staff could now encourage department heads to budget for program improvements that had not been possible for a number of years.  This marked a turning point for FTJ. We were able to move forward and could now attract experienced Board members from the community.

Rick and his wife Francie reside in the Garden Apartments. He served as President of the FTJ Board in the ‘90s and remains a member of the Finance Committee. (Interviewed by Phyllis Gill)

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