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Jaunt turns into 25-year CEO career

Short-term career move turns into lifelong job Fletcher Twenty-one years ago, Nancy Fletcher, a young attorney running a media company in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, decided to embark on a relatively short-term career adventure: move to Washington to become CEO of a trade association. She accepted a three-year contract to head the D.C.-based Outdoor Advertising Association of America. It would be an interesting experience, she thought, and then she would return to Minnesota. Last week, Fletcher, still CEO of OAAA, accepted another contract—to stay on through 2017, which will mark her 25th year on the job. "Be careful what you wish for," Fletcher laughingly told CEO… Read More