Alabama State Bar - Phillip McCallum to executive director, succeeding Keith Normal upon his retirement in June. McCallum is a founding shareholder of the law firm McCallum, Methvin & Terrell P.C. Previously he was a prosecutor in the Jefferson County (Ala.) District Attorney’s Office. McCallum previously served as president of the Alabama State Bar (2012–13). He has also served as president of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, a member of the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Commission for Professionalism, and a member of the Alabama State Bar’s Board of Bar commissioners representing the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. He also is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Texas Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is a member of the National Conference of Bar Presidents and the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents. He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Alabama and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law.
Iowa Rock N Roll Music Association - Christopher Glenn to executive director, from GM, Arts Club of Washington. Beverly Atwell will continue to be based in the IRRMA Museum.
Vermont Association of Area Agencies - Janet Hunt to executive director. She had been director of the Servicelink Aging and Disability Resource Center in Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire. Earlier she was co-founder of People First of New Hampshire and was the statewide coordinator for 20 years. She was awarded the One Sky Leadership Award in 2012. She held a term of office as national adviser to the board of Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered and continued to volunteer as their advisor for nearly 10 years. She earned a master’s degree in human service administration at Southern NH University.
New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association - Jody Shilan is stepping down as executive director to “focus his energies working as an industry consultant, speaker and writer on a full-time basis.” He writes for a membership-based website FromDesign2Build.com.
Clinton Foundation - Former CEO Eric Braverman, to lead the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Group’s philanthropic arm, which includes the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, the Schmidt Family Foundation, the 11th Hour Project, and the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
National Wildlife Refuge Association's - Geoffrey Haskett named acting president, effective Feb. 1. He had been a consultant to the the association. Current president David Houghton and VP Anne Truslow will be transition at their own requests to consulting roles for the association on conservation programs.
Congratulations
U.S. Transportation Department named association and nonprofit executives to a new advisory committee focused on automation:
- Dean Garfield, CEO, Information Technology Industry Council
- Debbie Hersman, CEO, National Safety Council
- Chris Spear, American Trucking Association
New volunteer leaders at National Association of Manufacturers Council of Manufacturing Associations:
- Chair: Bill Carteaux, CEO, Plastics Industry Association
- Vice chair: Chris Jahn, president, Fertilizer Institute.
Association-related new officers and board members at Bryce Harlow Foundation:
Chairman - Craig Purser, CEO, National Beer Wholesalers Association
Vice chairman - Dawn Sweeney, CEO, National Restaurant Association and the TRENDS 2017 Association Executive of the Year.
Elected board members:
- David French, government relations SVP, National Retail Federation and a past TRENDS Leading Association Lobbyist
- Mike Johnson, CEO, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
- Michelle Korsmo, CEO, American Land Title Association.
Suppliers
Trenton Hahn, executive director and counsel, Association of Indiana Life Insurance Companies, was promoted from SVP to principal at Bose Public Affairs Group. He is also a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans.
Many executuve changes at state associations; also Congratulations, including for TRENDS Association Executive of the Year Dawn Sweeney; and a Supplier executive change