It is always quite remarkable to witness the journey of an extraordinarily busy executive, fully engage in life and work, transition into an active community volunteer leader. There is a certain curiosity about this somewhat dramatic shift of purpose and what motivated that profound change.
A case in point is Wittman’s Aric Rosenbach. For decades, Aric ran a highly innovative software company that focused on how mainframe computers could “talk” to each other. This technology was quite scarce thirty years ago, and Rosenbach and his small team grew into a hugely successful firm working with dozens of Fortune 500 corporations with their computer needs. Business was so good that Aric learned to fly so he could commute from the Easton Airport to his company’s offices just outside New York City.
Life continued to go well for Aric, and his Sandy, until December 7, 2008, when at eighteen years old, their nephew died of a drug overdose. Their grief was so overwhelming for Aric that he decided he had to become proactive with kids and to protect them from a similar and tragic fate.
His answer was to to go all-in with the Civil Air Patrol.
Combining his love of aviation and how it can play an essential role in teaching young people critical life skills, Aric was drawn to the organization’s mission.
As Aric explains in our Spy interview, the CAP is not the same organization it was when it was first created to help find downed aircraft 70 years ago These days young men and women not only learn about search and rescue, but the importance of volunteerism, leadership and, most importantly for Aric, becoming “wingmen” for each other as they navigate through the challenges of teen life.
This video is approximately five minutes in length. For more information about the Civil Air Patrol in Easton please go to their facebook page here.
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