The ASAE and ASAE Research Foundation Boards were selected by ASAE’s Leadership Committee in May. The Leadership Committee develops a pool of candidates for board service based on several criteria, including how they best characterize ASAE’s strategy, represent their organizations’ membership and enhance ASAE’s commitment to inclusive representation. 

ASAE’s officers for the coming year include Chair Jay Karen, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA); Chair-Elect/Chair of the ASAE Research Foundation Sheri Sesay-Tuffour, PhD, FASAE, CAE, ICE-CCP, IOM, Chief Executive Officer, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board; Secretary-Treasurer Philip K. Bell, CAE, President, Steel Manufacturers Association; and Immediate Past Chair Heidi Brock, President and CEO, American Forest & Paper Association. 

“The association sector is facing some of the most profound changes we’ve seen in over two decades,” Karen said. “My priority is to ensure the ASAE Board is tackling the most critical questions about our readiness — how we’ll meet today’s challenges, seize emerging opportunities, and empower our staff leadership to deliver great things for our community.”

The following individuals were officially installed during the closing general session of the 2025 ASAE Annual Meeting as directors on the ASAE Board, serving three-year terms:

Thomas Arend, Jr., JD, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Rosemont, IL

Marc Cadin
Chief Executive Officer
Finseca
Washington, DC

John D. Dee, CPA, CGMA
Chief Executive Officer
Bostrom Corporation
Chicago, IL

Anne Forristall Luke
President and CEO
U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association
Washington, DC

Elliott Ferguson (Industry Partner)
President and CEO
Destination DC
Washington, DC

Ferguson and Dee will also serve on the ASAE Research Foundation Board.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Vest, CAE, 202-626-2798, cvest@asaecenter.org

About ASAE

ASAE is a membership organization of more than 50,000 association executives and industry partners. Since it was established 100 years ago, its members have and continue to lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. With the support of the ASAE Research Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession and provides resources, education, ideas, and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. Visit ASAE at Welcome to ASAE — American Society of Association Executives (asaecenter.org)