So the first thing I do when I talk to families who are motivated and have a passion to do something better, not for themselves, but for their kids, I convince them that there's a chance and that there's hope and there's a path.

And then I plant that little seed in their head.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry

professionals.

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

Today I'm joined by Adam Feldman, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties in upstate New York.

You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Homebuilding podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

You can leave feedback and ask questions there too. Adam, thank you very

much for being on the Pro Talk podcast, man. Of course. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Can you tell us

what you do at the Northern Saratoga War in Washington County's Habitat for Humanity?

Yeah, sure. I am the local Habitat's executive director,

and so we're a relatively small team, so I wear lots of hats. How many team members do you have?

We have total, we have nine total employees. That's bigger than many affiliates I've heard of.

Yeah, well, when I started, when I took on the role, I was the first employee.

And so we've basically doubled in size from production and quadrupled in size from revenue.

Well, that seems like a good place to be, brother.

Indeed. Yeah, it's been a fun. It's been a fun ride.

You told me ahead of the show that you've been there eight years. What did you do before that?

Yeah, so I've lived here locally for eight years. I've been at the Habitat for about five years.

And so I've done lots of things. I have sort of a crisscrossy diverse background.

I actually went to school for engineering and I was hoping to be an engineer and then went to the Career Development Center at the end of my sophomore year and said, what kind of jobs can I get?

And I was like, those don't sound fun.

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