Diversity scholar program selects 12 to be groomed
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership has selected participants for its diversity leadership program, and made changes to the decade-old program. This year, 12 Diversity Executive Leadership Program scholars were named from an applicant pool of almost 100 association and nonprofit professionals. In addition, the program was extended to two years, rather than one, to better prepare the participants for future leadership positions and to provide a more robust learning experience, according to the May 27 news release announcing the winners.
Read MoreAssociation Leader: Christie Tarantino, Association Forum of Chicagoland
When Christie Tarantino became CEO of the Association Forum of Chicagoland at the beginning of this year, she went from running one professional association to leading whats been called an association of associations.
Read MoreBucking trend, insurance exec readies for turnaround
If shes right that the economy is on the upswing, Cathy Weatherford may turn out looking like a genius. For the last nine months, while other trade associations from a variety of industries have been trimming staff and budgets in response to the economy, Weatherford, the new president and CEO of the Association for Insured Retirement Solutions has been on the offensive, growing her staff and orchestrating a top-to-bottom reorganization that she hopes will position the industry for growth.
Read MoreDental organization concludes 11-month CEO search
The American Dental Association has pulled from their own membership again to name Kathleen T. OLoughlin executive director and COO, effective June 1.
Read MoreFirst quarter report shows executive searches plummet
After four-and-a-half years of strong growth, the executive search industry began a precipitous decline late last year, capped by a year-over-year 35 percent drop in worldwide searches in the first quarter of 2009, says an industry report by the Association of Executive Search Consultants.
Read MoreLobbying group musters support to oppose restrictions
With the end of the Obama administrations 60-day review of strict new lobbying regulations, the American League of Lobbyists is proceeding with a counterattack.
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