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More association group leaders hail from within industry

By Eric Glick New association CEOs these days are looking more like the members they represent—professionals from within the industry. To be sure, the background of newly hired association CEOs has continually fluctuated over the years. Predominantly, leaders emerged from associations themselves or from a corporate background. Even former politicians were favored for a time, but the selection of new CEOs with solid credentials anchored inside the relevant industry has never been so common since CEO Update began tracking the background of new CEOs in 1991. According to new CEO Update research, so far this year, one in three new CEOs came from within the industry whose… Read More