Mr. Craffey’s industry experience extends to the mid-1970s, when he accepted a position with Cape Cod Lathing and Plastering, Inc., in North Dartmouth, as apprentice. Over the next five years, he worked his way up to responsibilities as foreman, and in 1981 he took a role as carpenter steward and superintendent with Quinn Construction in Brockton. As owner and president of Mountain View Development in Whitefield, New Hampshire, from 1999 to 2005, Kevin Craffey led the restoration of a 200-room hotel located in the scenic White Mountains. Coordinating financing efforts with more than a dozen federal and state agencies, he built up an AAA four-diamond, four-star operation within two years.