Selection Announcements

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Harpers Ferry, WV, has named Mark Wenger, formerly the Director of Facilities at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, as the their new Executive Director.

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The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tampa, FL, has named Nancy Berg, formerly  President, Nancy Berg Consulting, LLC, as their new President/CEO.

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The Consumer Electronics Association Foundation, Arlington, VA, has named Steve Ewell, MBA, formerly the Managing Director, InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), as the CEA Foundation’s new Executive Director.

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The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA, has named Bart Johnson, formerly the Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, as the IACP's new Executive Director.  

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The Kappa Delta Foundation, Memphis, TN, has named Christy M.P. Gilmour, formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Laramie Strong Communications, located in Auckland, New Zealand as the Foundation's new Executive Director.

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The Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA) has named Tad P. Fisher, formerly the Executive Vice President and CEO of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians and the FAFP Foundation as the FPTA’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)/American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE) has named Susan Turney, formerly the CEO and Executive Vice President of the Wisconsin Medical Society, Madison, WI as MGMA/ACMPE's President and CEO.

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The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), Alexandria, VA has named Margie Breida, formerly the Senior Manager, Operations, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Laboratory Accreditation Programs, Fairfax, VA as AAIM’s Director of Academic Affairs.

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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (www.apic.org) Washington, DC has named Katrina Crist, formerly the Executive Director/CEO of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons/ASTS Foundation, Arlington, VA as APIC's Chief Executive Officer.

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Bethesda, MD has named Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D, FASHP, formerly the Associate Hospital Director for Professional Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Assistant Dean and Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy as the ASHP’s EVP/CEO.

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The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), Columbus, OH has named Wilbert Mick, MBA, formerly the President and Chief Operating Officer of Heartbeat International, Tampa, FL as the SCPC’s CEO.

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The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), San Diego, CA has named Jill Epstein, formerly the Chief Operating Officer of the California Massage Therapy Council, Sacramento, CA as CAMFT’s Executive Director. 

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The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has named Cynthia Miller, formerly the President, Miller.Omni.Media, Inc. Frederick, MD, as the AAUW's new Chief of Marketing and Communications.

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US Pharmacopeia (USP) has named Susan Bach, formerly the Vice President, Human Resources at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals as USP’s new Vice President, Human Resources.

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The American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC has named Robert Ivy, formerly editor-in-chief of Architectural Record since 1996 and vice president and editorial director for McGraw-Hill Construction, as the AIA's new Executive vice president and CEO.

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The American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC has named Paula Clements, former Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects, Dallas, as the AIA's Managing Director of Component Relations.

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The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), Chicago, IL has named Linda Wyman, formerly the Chief Operating Officer of the National Utility Contractors Association, as NABL’s Chief Operating Office for its Washington, DC office.

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The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASC Association) and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation has named William Prentice, formerly the Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and Director of the Washington Office of the American Dental Association (ADA), as the ASC Association and Ambulatory Surgery Foundation Executive Director.

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American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Washington, DC has named Joshua Caulfield, MBA, formerly the President and Founder of Caulfield, Ricks and Associates and Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Mt. Royal, NJ as AIAS’s Executive Director.

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The Drug Information Association (DIA), Horsham, PA has named F. Andrew Pepito, MBA, formerly Vice President of Finance and Operations at the US Grains Council, as the DIA’s Chief Financial Officer.

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American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), Chevy Chase, MD has named Penny Mills, formerly the Vice President, Avalere Health, Washington, DC as ASAM’s Executive Vice President.

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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board), Washington DC has named Thomas Crowder, formerly Chief Marketing Officer at Vendipity Inc., New York, NY as the CFP Board’s Managing Director, Business Development and Marketing.

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The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), Brookfield, WI, has named Beth Harwood, formerly the owner and manager of an independent consulting and training firm, Communication at Work as the IFEBP’s Vice President of Educational Programs/Content Management. The IFEBP has also named Mary Jo Bugembe, formerly Director of Educational Programs, as the IFEBP’s Program Director of Educational Programs/Content Management Canadian Sector.

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The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) has named Earl Reisdorff, MD, FACEP, formerly Director of Medical Education at Ingham Regional Medical Center and Associate Professor, Section of Emergency Medicine at the College of Human Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University as ABEM’s Executive Director.

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The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has named Matt Croson, formerly Vice President, Member Services of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, as ASC’s President.

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Teachers of English Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) has named Rosa Aronson, CAE, formerly Senior Director, Advocacy, Alliances and Student Programs at National Association of Secondary School Principals, as TESOL’s Executive Director.

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OFA – an Association of Floriculture Professionals has named Michael V. Geary, CAE, formerly Executive Director of the American Institute of Architecture Students, as the OFA’s CEO.

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MENC: The National Association for Music Education has named Michael A. Butera, formerly a Senior Associate with Transformation Strategy Consulting, Washington, DC, and Northeast Regional Director of the National Education Association, as MENC’s Executive Director.

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Morven Park has named Frank Milligan, formerly Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, Washington DC, as its Executive Director.

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The American Institute of Architects – Georgia (AIA- Georgia) has named Marci Reed, formerly the Director of Development at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as the AIA- Georgia’s Executive Director.

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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has named Crystal Williams, formerly AILA’s Deputy Director for Programs, as the AILA’s Executive Director.

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The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) has named Michael McCormick, formerly Founder and Managing Partner of Hudson Crossing LLC, New York, NY, as the NBTA’s Executive Director.

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The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has named Del Baker-Robertson, formerly Acting Marketing Director for the American Association of Museums, as ETA’s Director of Membership and Marketing. 

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APICS – The Association for Operations Management has named Jonathan Thatcher, formerly Director of Business Integration at the Computing Technology Industry Association, as APICS Director of Research.

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has named Chris Strong, formerly Director of Business Development at the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association as NBAA’s Vice President, Membership Marketing.

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The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) has hired Paul Wessel, formerly a Partner with Tatum LLC, as Interim Vice President, Finance. Association Strategies Inc. conducted the Interim search.

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The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) has named Victoria P. (“Penny”) Rostow, formerly a Partner, Public Law and Policy Strategies Group at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, as the Director of Governmental Affairs for NABL beginning January 2009.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has named Phillip A. Bongiorno, formerly Senior Director, Government Relations for the American Academy of Audiology, as Director of Government Relations for the STS’s Washington, DC office.
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The National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) has named Larry LeClair, formerly State Legislative Affairs Manager for the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), as NASBP’s Assistant Director, Federal and State Relations.

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-The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has named Michael Toscano, currently Chairman, Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) and Program Manager, Research and Development for Nuclear Weapon Security, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (Nuclear Matters) at The Pentagon as the new AUVSI Executive Director.

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American Institute of Architects (AIA) named Tracy Harris, formerly Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Delon Hampton & Associates, as CFO and Vice President of Administration.

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Materials Research Society (MRS) named Todd Osman, formerly Technical Director of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, as MRS Executive Director.

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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has named Steven Barkley, formerly, Director, MCAT Technology & Program Development at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), as CFP Board Director of Examinations.

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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has named Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, formerly Government Relations Consultant with Sorenson Communications, as CFP Board Managing Director , Public Policy.

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APICS: The Association for Operations Management named Scott Dunnell, formerly Director of Marketing for the Illinois Institute of Technology, as Director of Marketing and Brand Management.

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National Association for Rare Disorders (NORD) named Peter Saltonstall, formerly Principal Consultant with PCI Strategies, Alexandria, Virginia, as NORD Executive Director.

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Construction Financial Management Association named Peter Schwartz, formerly CEO of the Homebuilders of Greater Chicago, as CFMA President and CEO.

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GAMA International named Laureen Rowland, formerly Executive Director, International Society for Analytical Cytology, as Senior Director, Operations.

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Goodwill Industries International named James Gibbons, formerly President and CEO, National industries for the Blind, as Goodwill President & CEO.

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Hearth Patio and Barbecue Association named Kristi Long, formerly Senior Director, Education & Research, National Business Travel Association, as Director of Education and Executive Director, Educational Foundation.

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Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals named Kenneth Garrison JR CAE, formerly President of the Federation of Credit and Financial Professionals and simultaneously Executive Vice President, Smyth Group, as SCIP President.