Name: Dean Rizzo
Title: Executive Director
Company: Quincy 2000 Collaborative
Location: 1250 Hancock St., Suite 127N, Quincy, Mass. 02169
Birthplace: Dorchester, Mass.
Family: Wife, Barbara and son, Mason
College: UMass Boston
First job unrelated to your current field: General contractor, construction
First job in current field: Community development manager at the South Shore Chamber of Commerce
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Quincy 2000 is an economic and business development organization in the city of Quincy. The organization plans to begin an agressive marketing campaign to attract businesses to the city of Quincy.
Hobbies: Remodeling and going to the beach
Person you admire (outside of family): John Adams
Keys to success: Being flexible and strive to build a consensus.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Social work to help those individuals that are less fortunate.