ASAE installs FY2012 officers, directors
New officers and directors for the American Society of Association Executive and ASAE Research Foundation board of directors were installed during ASAE’s virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition held Aug.10-12.
The ASAE board of directors for fiscal year 2021 was selected by ASAE’s Leadership Committee in June and is carefully assembled to be representative of the organization’s membership profile and diversity – including geography, size, gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, skill sets and areas of expertise.
ASAE’s officers for the fiscal year that begins Sept. 1 include chair Stephen Caldeira, president and CEO, Household & Commercial Products Association; chair-elect/chair of ASAE Research Foundation, Steve Anderson, president and CEO, National Association of Chain Drug Stores; Secretary-Treasurer Lakisha Ann Woods, president and CEO, National Institute of Building Sciences; and immediate past chair Patricia Blake, CEO of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Caldeira addressed more than 13,000 members of the association community on the second day of the ASAE Virtual Annual Meeting, noting the challenges and opportunities facing ASAE in a year when in-person meetings have ground to a halt due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“I am very grateful for the opportunity to serve as your chair and you have my steadfast commitment that ASAE will continue to stay focused on strengthening the value proposition for its members,” Caldeira said. “This is how ASAE will build upon its proud and rich, 100-year legacy—by helping its members to successfully navigate through an increasingly complex public health, political, economic, and social climate in the months and years ahead.”
ASAE priorities for the year ahead include completing and implementing a new strategic plan, creatively helping association leaders grow and connect via a multitude of learning programs and platforms, playing an active role in critical conversations around racial inequality and injustice and pursuing a vigorous advocacy agenda on behalf of the entire association community.
“ASAE has redoubled its advocacy efforts on behalf of associations,” Caldeira said. “We are asking Congress to expand eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program to (c)(6) associations and reauthorize PPP until at least Dec. 31. We are also asking Congress to pass the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020. This bill would establish a system of shared public and private compensation for business interruption losses and event cancellations resulting from future pandemics or public health emergencies. As associations that depend upon in-person meetings and events we (and our members) need access to this kind of insurance."
Calderia continued, "And we’re advocating for the Skills Renewal Act, which would provide Americans who have been laid-off or furloughed due to COVID-19 a $4,000 tax credit to pursue post-secondary skills training and career development. If amended, Americans could use the credit to pursue and obtain industry certifications and other professional credentials.”
The following individuals also were officially installed on the FY21 boards during ASAE’s virtual Annual Meeting this week. All “At Large” directors are ASAE Board members and two of the four will also serve on the ASAE Research Foundation board.
Directors “At Large” (three-year term):
- Scott Beck, FOFD president and CEO Tourism Toronto, Toronto, ON (ASAE and ASAE Research Foundation)
- Jay Karen, CEO, National Golf Course Owners Association, Charleston, S.C. (ASAE and ASAE Research Foundation)
- Sheri Sesay-Tuffour, CEO American College of Nurse-Midwives, Silver Spring, Md. (ASAE)
- Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO, American Association of Orthodontists, St. Louis, Mo., (ASAE)
- Irving Washington, executive director/CEO, Online News Association, Wash., D.C., (ASAE and ASAE Research Foundation)