Judy Neel Murphy, longtime safety engineers head, dies
Judy Neel Murphy, the former head of two Chicago-area associations who once served as president of the Chicago Society of Association Executives, died Dec. 23. She was 83. Murphy was a veteran executive director of The American Society of Safety Engineers, serving there from 1980 to 1998. During her tenure, the group doubled its annual budget from $1.5 to $3 million. She was the first female executive to lead the group.
Read MoreFormer SIFMA staffer joins restaurant group
Scott DeFife, former head of government affairs at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, is the new executive vice president of policy and government affairs at the $27 million National Restaurant Association, effective Jan. 11, 2010. The announcement comes some eight months after the departure from the NRA of former Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy John Gay, who left amid a reshuffling of the groups government relations division.
Read MoreInsurance and financial advisors group CEO resigns
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Read MoreAPI to recruit new-media talent following mass layoff
As part of its organization-wide restructuring, the $198 million-revenue American Petroleum Institute in the coming weeks will post on its web site a handful of job openings for positions with specialties in new forms of communications: social media, grassroots advocacy and digital outreach, said API CEO Jack Gerard. A vice president of communications position is among the open slots, many of which will be based in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreCEOs call philanthropy central to their groups purpose
The core mission of associations is to promote their corporate or individual members. And while fulfilling that goal involves advocacy, annual meetings and member education, association CEOs say helping the community, through both donations and volunteer work, is also critical to fulfilling their charters.
Read MoreGR jobs, promotions to CEO post color hiring in slow recruiting year
Those with a stake in association and nonprofit recruitment are happy to close the door on 2009. Searches handled by recruiters dropped by 32 percent this year. Many organizations reported staff reductions to hold the line against steep declines in revenue. Job seekers faced stiff competition as the number of vacancies in trade groups, professional societies and charitable nonprofits, though higher than 2008, were way off historical averages.
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