The Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) new president and CEO, Richard A. "Dick" Jennison, is now more than half way through the customary 100 day honeymoon period given to incoming executives.
How is he doing? Let's look.
Jennison made his first public appearances in Washington DC during MHI's Legislative session. Unable to make the Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa so soon after coming on board, he did travel to the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, where he toured homes and had numerous private encounters with Industry professionals.
Jennison attended MHI's Congress and Expo in Vegas. He participated in some of the introductions, and in the awards ceremony. He was busy going in and out of the concurrent sessions, to catch a sense of what was going on.
Sources tell MHProNews that Jennison has had three quiet meetings with leaders from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). These meeting/conversations with MHARR were of varying lengths. The early reports are warm ones.
Jennison has been described as an attentive, intelligent, affable gent who is a good listener. Listening doesn't mean he is not speaking out, he did publicly respond – for example – with the USA Today in a letter to them about a tornado story they did.
Other feedback and insights that have come in would lead one to say that 60 days into his new role, he is drawing words of quiet praise.
Once Dick starts to take more public positions on ticklish Industry topics, that is when the revelations and insights into MHI's new CEO will become more clear. But until then, the early signs are good ones. He certainly needs and deserves our encouragement and support. ##
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