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Former association executives give Cain mixed review as CEO

Some call GOP candidate effective, others cite penchant for self-promotion RELATED CONTENT Sex harassment training lax at nonprofits ByEven as his bid for the Republican presidential nomination is dogged by allegations of sexual harassment when he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association, Herman Cain is remembered by many colleagues as a charismatic, dynamic trade group leader. But his tenure, from 1996-99, gets mixed reviews from other former executives, who cited self-promotional tendencies and expressed differing assessments on how far he advanced the association. Bill Fisher, Cain’s predecessor as NRA CEO, said that as a former corporate CEO (with… Read More