Groups get going on planning for party conventions
National events are prime opportunities for advocating, networking, branding With the quadrennial Olympics of politics seven months away, some associations are already developing their convention game plans. McKay
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After eight-month search for new leader, group chooses Andrej Suskavcevic, former CEO of Commercial Finance Association Suskavcevic
Read MoreABA sells its D.C. building to Chicago real estate company
Bar Association cites need for efficiency as reason for plan to move 223 Washington staffers from current 15th Street building The American Bar Association has sold its Washington, D.C., building, located just one block away from the White House, to an entity controlled by the Chicago-based real estate investment firm The John Buck Co., ABA announced in a news release.
Read MoreABA sells its D.C. building to Chicago real estate company
Bar Association cites need for efficiency as reason for plan to move 223 Washington staffers from current 15th Street building The American Bar Association has sold its Washington, D.C., building, located just one block away from the White House, to an entity controlled by the Chicago-based real estate investment firm The John Buck Co., ABA announced in a news release.
Read MoreWalter Lukken picked as new CEO of futures association
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner replaces John Damgard, who led FIA since 1982 Walter Lukken, a legislative and regulatory veteran of the finance world, will be the new president and CEO of the Futures Industry Association, the group announced Jan. 10. Lukken succeeds John Damgard, who led FIA since 1982. Damgard announced last March that he would soon retire from his leadership role, after nearly 30 years at the helm.
Read MoreSuskavcevic named CEO of Craft & Hobby Association
Andrej Suskavcevic, former CEO of Commercial Finance Association, to head group after eight-month search for new leader Andrej Suskavcevic was named president and CEO of the $7 million-revenue Craft & Hobby Association Jan. 10, ending the organizations eight-month hunt for a new top executive. Suskavcevic most recently was CEO of the New York City-based Commercial Finance Association, a position he held for more than four years. He replaces Steve Berger, who left CHA in May after spending eight years as its CEO.
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