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Age need not be obstacle for association executives past 60

CEO tenures are shorter now and seasoned leadership skills are at a premium, but it’s critical to stay energetic and tech-savvy Denny McGuirk was the happily employed CEO of the Chicago-based, $13M-revenue IPC-Association Connecting Electronic Industries when the call came. After 24 years in the Air Force and nearly 20 more in association management, McGuirk had no plans to go anywhere, just a vague idea of retirement at some point. But the inquiry from a recruiting firm caught him off guard. “A young lady was on the phone and told me my name had been mentioned, and would I like to be a candidate” to succeed the retiring Stan Myers as CEO of the $36M-revenue Semiconductor… Read More