Barnes to lead HFSA
Barnes John Barnes has been named CEO of the $4.5M-revenue Heart Failure Society of America, making permanent the interim position he was appointed to last year. He is discontinuing his consulting business, Barnes Association Consultants, which he ran for the past five years. In 2016 and 2017, he was interim executive director at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
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Baker gets nod to lead ASLRRA
Baker Chuck Baker will become president of the $7.3M- revenue American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association effective Feb. 4, replacing Linda Bauer Darr, who left the association last July to become president and CEO of the American Council of Engineering Companies.
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Lobbyists take on lawmakers in charity hockey game
Congressional Hockey Challenge pits lobbyists against lawmakers Lowe (left), Wooster When George Lowe and Laura Wooster skate onto the ice Feb. 6, they'll be combining business, fun and philanthropy. Both are on the team of lobbyists who will be competing against lawmakers and congressional staffers in the 11th annual Congressional Hockey Challenge.
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New API head focuses on message as industry skeptics circle
Mike Sommers promises ‘a new way of looking at advocacy' as oil and natural gas industry faces renewed political opposition Sommers The American Petroleum Institute will celebrate its 100th anniversary in March, but its new CEO doesn't want the association acting its age.
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Associations seek meetings success by encouraging diversity
Events organizers are exploring ways to attract more women, minorities and other groups underrepresented among attendees Gordon When Lynne Thomas Gordon first interviewed for the position of executive director of the American Association of Orthodontists, she quickly recognized a potential problem facing the group: There were no women on its board of directors.
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Association Departures and Arrivals (February 1, 2019)
Silverberg CEO Departures Head retires from IAM Terry Head retired as president of the $5M-revenue International Association of Movers on Dec. 31, after leading the group since 1997. IAM promoted SVP Chuck White to president, effective Jan. 1.
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