Posts Tagged ‘Spotlight on Association Leadership’
Spotlight on Association Leadership: An interview with Forté Foundation’s executive director
Elissa Ellis-Sangster serves as executive director for the Forté Foundation, an organization dedicated to inspiring women business leaders. Ellis-Sangster brings to the role extensive knowledge of issues affecting women’s abilities to seek, prepare for and attain business leadership positions, drawn from her experience as assistant dean and director of the MBA Program at the McCombs [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: 4 critical skills to develop before 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the final post in a series exploring 10 critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first post and [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: CEO of the National Confectioners Association
Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association since 1992, provides leadership for members, including U.S. and international confectionery manufacturers and suppliers, to meet complex challenges and problems that have confronted the industry. Graham founded the World Cocoa Foundation, a nonprofit farmer-outreach organization, in 2000. Before joining the candy industry, Graham served in executive posts [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: 3 invaluable skills to learn by 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the second in a series of three posts exploring critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first three [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: American Cleaning Institute President and CEO Ernie Rosenberg
Ernie Rosenberg is president and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute, which represents producers of household, industrial and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry. ACI’s The 2012 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention is Jan. 30 to Feb. 4 in Orlando, Fla. Rosenberg [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: Critical skills you’ll need to prepare for 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the first in a series of three posts exploring critical skills association leaders will need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. These are taken from a [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: Air Transport Association’s Nicholas Calio
Nicholas Calio is president and CEO of the Air Transport Association, the nation’s largest airline trade association. Prior to joining ATA, Calio was Citigroup’s executive vice president for global government affairs, overseeing government affairs globally. He also served as assistant to the president for legislative affairs, formulating and implementing White House strategy on all legislative [...]
Spotlight on Association Leadership: So how “international” are you?
Terrance Barkan, CAE, is the chief strategist at GLOBALSTRAT, an international strategy consultancy for associations. He is the past chairman of the ASAE International Section Council. Many organizations describe themselves as “international” but in reality, there are degrees of how international an organization is. It helps boards and staff teams to think about where their [...]
