Nash retires after 33 years at Junior Achievement

The Business Journal - Central New York | November 2, 2001| | Copyright

SYRACUSE - James W. Nash is retiring as president of Junior Achievement of Central New York, Inc. (JACNY) - but in name only. "The new president has asked me to continue as a consultant," he says.

Nash has been with JACNY since Jan. 1, 1979. Before that, he spent 11 years at Junior Achievement organizations in Ohio and Buffalo. He had been a volunteer for JA since high school.

One day, Nash relates, the JA board of directors in Buffalo asked him to work for JA. He says he never intended to work for an organization - his goal was "to go into business and become a millionaire or chairman of the ...

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