Profile: Stuart K. Pratt, CDIA
Stuart K. Pratt, president and CEO of CDIA, provides a textbook example of an association executive groomed to someday take the helm of the organization. Hired in 1985 as an educational assistant, he climbed the ranks to become vice president of government relations. In 2002, he was named CEO.
Read MoreBalancing the Ranks
The prospect of a party shift in the House or the Senate in the November elections has recruiters pining for candidates who have experience and contacts working with members of both political parties. And candidates with Democratic contacts and legislative experience could find their skills a valued commodity again, as trade groups and lobbying firms seek to diversify their ranks, after years of working to access a Republican-led government.
Read MoreClear Communications - The Essential Ingredient
By Gerard F. Hurley, CAEAssociation Executive Resources Group Effective communications, or the lack of it, is the discipline that often separates organizations in the ascendancy from all others. A group must have a vision and mission and know with certainty its members wants, needs, and expectations; it needs to develop the required assets and deliver the anticipated benefits to have something to tell, of course. All easier said than done.
Read MoreNews: August 18, 2006
Wine & Spirits Search to Russell Reynolds The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America have engaged executive recruitment firm Russell Reynolds Associates to conduct the search to replace CEO Juanita Duggan. Last month Duggan was named president and CEO of the American Forest and Paper Association in a search also handled by Russell Reynolds. She will begin her tenure at AF&PA Oct. 25, 2006, replacing W. Henson Moore.
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