Pay rises double digits for more than one in four CEOs
Though the median association CEO pay increase hovered around 4 percent for 2012, more than one in four chief executives saw their pay rise in the same time frame by double digits. Close examination of the latest available tax records shows that one of the largest increases for a sitting association CEO went to Jeffrey DeBoer, head of the $5.9 million-revenue Real Estate Roundtable. CEO Update's database, Association Intelligence, shows that DeBoer's base pay has been between $500,000 and $600,000 since 2006. In 2012 his base pay rose by 72 percent to $1,600,324.
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NSSGA's Mike Johnson joins Committee of 100
Former chief advocate for Beer Wholesalers became gravel association CEO in August; only new member of Chamber group Johnson
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Timmons receives free enterprise award
NAM CEO honored at Friends of Adam Smith Awards Dinner Timmons
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Hagley Museum and Library houses documents, history of trade groups WILMINGTON, Del.—After a visit to the treasure trove of association historical documents at the Hagley Museum and Library, it would be easy to say that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Trade associations such as the National Association of Manufacturers, formed in 1895 in the midst of a depression, have been lobbying the government for economic growth strategies and trade promotion, and against labor union power, from the beginning.
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Chip Pickering gets another shot at association leadership
Former Mississippi congressman and new CEO of CompTel aims to grow membership and stand up to industry's dominant players Pickering
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Top executives take different approaches to team building
Many new association CEOs stick with staffers who know organization, others tend to shake things up, bring in new hires
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