Volunteer spirit propels AEDD growth leader
(WorldNews Entertainment)

When Debbie Grooms took on the job of development director at Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled (AEDD) about 12 years ago, she realized even with a graduate degree in business administration and years of volunteering, she needed help in her new role. Grooms wasn`t looking for a job but was finishing up her master`s degree when her friend, CEO of AEDD Georgina Huddleston, called her about starting a development department for the nonprofit. `I didn`t even really know what all that entailed,` she says, `but she thought I might know somebody who`d be interested.` A month or so later, her friend asked her if she would be interested in the job. Grooms was hesitant but agreed...