Tim Carpenter

"I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold, It's these expressions I never give, That keep me searchin' for a heart of gold, and I'm getting old.” - "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young

When Dan Steffey, 78, recently went to his boss, Eric Paine, 41, to say that he wanted to retire, Paine didn’t hesitate to politely decline his request. Five years earlier, Paine, CEO of rapidly-growing Community Development Partners (CDP), a mission-driven affordable housing development organization, had hired Steffey, a grizzled veteran of affordable housing in Oregon, to help them expand into the Pacific Northwest.