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title: "Key Professional Associations Committee"
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published_at: "2026-06-03T15:42:05+00:00"
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excerpt: "Facilitates the exchange of information among executives of key professional associations"
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The KPAC facilitates the exchange of information among executives of key professional associations and societies and reviews the programs and activities of ASAE in terms of meeting the needs of these executives. Membership is composed of the chief staff executives of key professional associations.

- Vicki Deal-Williams, FASAE, CAE Chair CEO American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Melissa Garcia, FASAE, CAE Vice Chair Executive Vice President & CEO American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Matthew D'Uva, FASAE, CAE Immediate Past Chair CEO American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Joel Albizo, FASAE, CAE Member Chief Executive Officer American Planning Association
- Thomas Arend, Esq. Member CEO American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- John Barnes Member CEO Heart Failure Society of America
- Debra BenAvram, CAE Member CEO Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies
- Deborah Bowen, FASAE, CAE, FACHE Member President & CEO American College of Healthcare Executives
- Alpha Brady Member Executive Director American Bar Association
- Angela Cain Member CEO Urban Land Institute
- Susan Cantrell, CAE Member CEO Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
- Torey Carter-Conneen, CAE Member Chief Executive Officer American Society of Landscape Architects
- John Courtney, Ph.D. Member Chief Executive Officer American Society for Nutrition
- Mark Dorsey, FASAE, CAE Member CEO Construction Specifications Institute
- Steven Echard, CAE, IOM Member Executive Vice President American College of Rheumatology
- Abe Eshkenazi, FASAE, CAE, CSCP, FACHE, CPA Member Chief Executive Officer Association for Supply Chain Management
- Arthur Evans, PhD Member CEO & Executive Vice President American Psychological Association
- Jon Fanning, CAE Member CEO American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Kate Fryer, CAE Member CEO Endocrine Society
- David Gammel, FASAE, CAE Member* Executive Director American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Michael Geary, CAE Member President & CEO International Facility Management Association
- Elena Gerstmann, FASAE, CAE Member Executive Director INFORMS
- Stephen Gold, JD Member President & Chief Executive Officer Manufacturers Alliance
- Patrick Gouhin Member Chief Executive Officer Angel Capital Association
- Brian Graff, Esq. Member Executive Director American Retirement Association
- Tod Ibrahim Member Executive Vice President American Society of Nephrology
- Jerald Jacobs, Esq. Member Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Garth Jordan Member Executive Director American Animal Hospital Association
- Mary Jordan, OTD MBA Member CEO American Occupational Therapy Association Inc
- James Kaitz Member President and Chief Executive Officer Association for Financial Professionals
- Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE Member CEO Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
- Janice Lachance, FASAE Member Executive Director & CEO American Geophysical Union
- Martha Liggett, Esq. Member Executive Director American Society of Hematology
- Kevin Marvel, CAE Member Executive Director Society for Neuroscience
- William Michalisin, CAE, CIA Member Executive Director/CEO American Academy of Actuaries
- Justin Moore, PT, DPT Member CEO American Physical Therapy Association
- Erin O'Donnell Dotzler Member Executive Director American Academy of Periodontology
- Donald Palmisano, CAE, J.D. Member Chief Executive Officer American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Mollie Pillman, CAE Member Executive Director National Athletic Trainers Association
- Michele Pore, CAE, MBA Member Executive Director American Board of Anesthesiology
- Mary Post, CAE, MBA Member Chief Executive Officer American Academy of Neurology
- Thomas Reiser Member Partner GainingEdge
- Erika Shugart Member Chief Executive Officer American Physiological Society
- Lawrence Sloan, FASAE, CAE, MBA Member CEO American Industrial Hygiene Association
- Dane Snowden Member Chief Operating Officer Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
- Stephen Stahr, CAE Member Chief Executive Officer Million Dollar Round Table
- Christie Tarantino-Dean, FASAE, CAE Member Chief Executive Officer Institute of Food Technologists
- Johnny Taylor Member President and CEO Society for Human Resource Management
- William Tenney Member Chief Executive Officer ASIS International
- Diane Tomb Member president & CEO American Cement Association
- Steven Van Hout, MBA Member Executive Director American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Sean Walters, CAE, IOM Member Chief Executive Officer Investments & Wealth Institute
- Jonathan Webb Member CEO Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- Elaine Weiss, JD Member Executive Director Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Kenneth Widelka, CAE Member Executive Director American Association of Endodontists
- Marketa Wills Member CEO/Medical Director American Psychiatric Association
- Edward Youdell Member President and CEO Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Intl
- Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE, AAiP Executive Staff Liaison President & CEO ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
- Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE Primary Staff Liaison Chief Public Policy and Governance Officer ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership