Dan Driedger will be MennoHomes’ new executive director effective Oct. 1.
Driedger, a Drayton area resident, is currently the resource development director at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario, a position he has held for five years. Previously, he held a variety of management positions with a Waterloo manufacturer of automation systems.
“I’m excited about working with MennoHomes,” saidDriedger.
“Their hands-on approach to addressing the need for affordable housing and vision for increased response to that need is inspiring.”
“MennoHomes’ search committee was impressed by Dan’s passion for affordable rental housing, his professional experience and his knowledge of MennoHomes’ constituency,” said Gerald Morrison, chair of the MennoHomes board. “Dan has the skills MennoHomes needs to build on the good work done by our founding president Martin Buhr.”
MennoHomes, a charitable organization based in Kitchener, provides affordable rental housing in Waterloo Region for low-income individuals and families. MennoHomes grew out of an MCC Ontario working group on affordable housing. Under the leadership of Martin Buhr, a former long-time executive director of House of Friendship in Kitchener, MennoHomes has created more than 100 units of affordable rental housing to meet the needs of seniors, refugees and large rural families through projects in Kitchener, Wellesley and Elmira. Buhr is retiring after 12 years with MennoHomes.
Driedger and his wife, Darlene, have three young-adult children and are members of Community Mennonite Fellowship in Drayton.
More information about MennoHomes is available at www.mennohomes.com,
