CEO cited for boosting association's membership; Tarantino starts as EVP at Institute of Food Technologists on April 21. Tarantino Christie Tarantino will leave the Association Forum of Chicagoland in April to take the top job at a much larger Chicago-based group, the Institute of Food Technologists. Tarantino has been CEO and president of the $3.6-million revenue Association Forum since January 2009. She replaces Barbara Byrd Keenan, who led the $18 million-revenue IFT for more than 10 years. Keenan became CEO of The Endocrine Society in January. Tarantino told CEO Update that she was not looking for another position, but explored the opportunity at ITF because of… Read More