Congratulations to the
New CAEs
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The Association Forum of Chicagoland is
proud to announce that six of its members passed the May 2009 Certified Association Executive exam and were awarded
the CAE designation, joining more than
3,500 industry leaders worldwide. The CAE
designation is administered by ASAE &
The Center for Association Leadership and
recognizes those who demonstrate knowledge essential to the practice of association management. The Forum offers study
groups to help association professionals
prepare for the exam. For more information, contact Julie O’Rourke, CAE, at (312)
ABOVE&BEYOND
Promotions and Changes
The Illinois Hospital Association has named Maryjane
A. Wurth its new president.
Wurth previously was chief
operating officer of the
Healthcare Association of New York State
— and CEO of its for-profit subsidiary,
HANYS Solutions.
The Concrete Reinforcing
Steel Institute has hired John
Turner, PE, as its new greater
southwestern region manager. Turner brings to CRSI
more than 20 years of experience in engineering, education and project management.
Michael Kutnick has been
promoted to manager,
constituency groups, at the
American Medical Associa-
1 Howard J. Horwitz, MPH, CAE
Vice President, Education
American College of Healthcare Executives
2 Kerri A. Leo, CAE
Continuing Education Manager
Society of Actuaries
3 Angela K. McKay, CAE
Director, Constituent Services
Academy of General Dentistry
Association Workforce Diversity Scholars,
Kutnick will be responsible for managing issues related to minority physicians,
including women as well as racial and
ethnic minorities. Kutnick formerly was
program manager, women, minorities and
GLBT issues.
David J. Sargent has joined
the Chicago Convention &
Tourism Bureau as senior
vice president. Sargent
most recently was senior
vice president of sales and marketing for
the Orlando/Orange County CVB.
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau has
promoted Randy Kidwell,
CHSP, to associate director of sales. Previously in
charge of the CVB’s Southeast market,
Kidwell will now manage sales for its Midwest market.
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4 Alec S. Rosofsky, CMP, CAE
Assistant Director, Education
American College of Healthcare Executives
5 Lise Steg Thorsby, CAE
Account Executive
Radiological Society of North America Inc.
6 Laura Wilkinson, CAE
Assistant Director, Development
American College of Healthcare Executives
News and Awards
The National Frame Building Association
has selected Association Management
Center as its full-service association management company, and has relocated its
association headquarters to Glenview, Ill.,
where AMC is located. AMC’s Tom Drake,
CAE, will serve as NFBA’s executive director.
The Baltimore Area
Convention
and Visitors
Association
recently changed its name to Visit Baltimore.
The easily identifiable name makes clear
the organization’s role as Baltimore’s official tourism sales and marketing organization, it says, and is in line with a new
industry standard that has convention and
visitors bureaus nationwide adopting
names that more clearly reflect their mission statements.
