Naasz will depart Distilled Spirits Council next month
CEO led four associations before joining alcohol industry group in 2016; board of directors plans to initiate search for successor Naasz Five-time association CEO Kraig Naasz will step down as head of the Distilled Spirits Council in June to rejoin the issues management firm Washington2 Advocates, the $17 million-revenue association announced April 27.
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Merritt to exit Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
CEO has led pharmacy benefit manager industry group for 15 years; will remain until year's end to ensure smooth transition Merritt Mark Merritt will step down as CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association at the end of the year after having led the $21 million-revenue group since 2003.
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More 'outside-the-beltway' events in the works The National Association of Manufacturers is ending its annual fly-in, a signature event that brought 400 people to Washington, D.C., each year for meetings on Capitol Hill. The Rally for Manufacturing had been scheduled for June 19-20.
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Sommers named CEO of American Petroleum Institute
American Investment Council CEO to lead oil industry group following Jack Gerard Sommers Less than three years after landing his first association job, Mike Sommers has been tapped as CEO of the $230 million-revenue American Petroleum Institute, catapulting him to one of the most powerful lobbying positions in Washington, D.C.
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Johnson is meeting professional of the year
PCMA awards honor to Endocrine Society executiveJohnson Wanda Johnson, chief program officer at the Endocrine Society, was given the Professional Convention Management Association Education Foundation's Visionary Award on May 1 honoring the meeting professional of the year.
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Davis builds foundation into NRF asset
Up & Comer: Foundation president sees promise in retail jobsDavis When National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay first asked Ellen Davis to lead the group's foundation, she turned him down.
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