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After Hurricane Sandy, one CEO reflects on how his hard-hit group survived

Craft and Hobby Association kept lines of communication open after "superstorm" Elmwood Park, N.J., was hard hit when Hurricane Sandy walloped the East Coast Oct. 29. The town, not far from the Hudson River that separates North Jersey's Bergen County from New York City, is home to the Craft and Hobby Association. CEO Andrej Suskavcevic had to contend with an office power outage that lasted nearly two weeks. Staffers, including himself, were without power at home, but CHA members around the country still looked to the group for leadership. Months later, Suskavcevic, looks back at lessons learned. Suskavcevic On October 29, 2012 Sandy, a category 1 hurricane was… Read More