Industry groups battling bad PR
Take your pick of industries rubber tires, toys, bottled water and youll also find a crisis with a media frenzy not far behind. Several industries have gotten caught in the doldrums of a slow summer news cycle, when a normally staid bit of industry news suddenly becomes the focus of relentless media and consumer blog attention.
Read MorePrimed to Lead: Bill Giroux, Truckload Carriers Assn
Bill Giroux has helped plan meetings for associations since the young age of 15. And he turned that high school internship at the Reston, Va.-based National Association of Secondary School Principals into a seven-year job and the launching pad for his career. I saw it as a good opportunity to get some good working experience, and I kept calling until they had to say OK, he joked.
Read MoreRed Cross plucks another exec from IRS
The American Red Cross has lured another senior official from the Internal Revenue Service into its ranks; acting Internal Revenue Commissioner Kevin M. Brown will join the charity on Sept. 10 as chief operations officer. Browns move will reunite him with former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, who joined the $3.9 billion Red Cross as chief executive officer in April. While at the IRS, Brown reported to Everson as his chief of staff from 2003-2004. When Everson left the agency in May, Brown was named acting commissioner.
Read MoreSelections: July 2007
American Assn of Law LibrariesChicago, ILKate Hagan, previously Director of Fund Development at Radiological Society of North America. AALL: 312/939-4764 American Assn of Motor Vehicle AdministratorsArlington, VANeil Schuster, previously President and CEO at Intelligent Transport Society of America. American Film InstituteLos Angeles, CABob Gazzale, promoted from Productions Director. AFI: 323/856-7600
Read MoreThree assn CEO searches go to Spencer Stuart
Executive search firm Spencer Stuart will redo two searches for financial based associations, and has picked up the CEO search for a third industry group, COMPTEL, which represents communications service providers and their supplier partners.
Read MoreWashington region leads in women executives
More than twenty years ago and early in her career at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Susan Sarfati said it was common to walk into an elevator or a meeting and be the only woman around.
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