Selection Announcements

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Washington, DC has named Joshua Caulfield, MBA, formerly the President/Founder 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. 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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.