Stronger By Association

Host Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, speaks with four female leaders within the association community to discuss how their transportation and infrastructure industry work is helping fuel recovery. Featured are Lakisha Woods, CAE, President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences; Nicole Vasilaros, Senior Vice President of Government and Legal Affairs for the National Marine Manufacturers Association; Kristin Smith, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Association of American Railroads, and Laura Perrotta, CAE, President and CEO of the American Highway Users Alliance.

Part 2 of this episode features three of the six 2020 ASAE Power of A Summit Award winners about their exceptional efforts to strengthen society. Host Mary Kate Cunningham speaks with Alex Hofmann, Vice President, Engineering Services, of the American Public Power Association, about their efforts to get unelectrified Navajo Nation homes on the grid; Rhian Allvin, CEO of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, on their efforts to support sustained, quality childhood education; and Marie-Caroline Strok Director of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Alliance Gender Parity Initiative on their efforts to accelerate workplace diversity.

In this two-part episode, we speak with three of the six 2020 ASAE Power of A Summit Award winners about their exceptional efforts to strengthen society. Part 1 features Susan Neely, President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers, on their role in the passage of the SECURE Act; Brian Wallace, President and CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, on the LaundryCares Foundation’s work to provide children and families with unlikely learning spaces; and Artesha Moore, CAE, Vice President, Engagement and Membership and Erik Hankin, Assistant Director Career & Student Programs, of the American Geophysical Union, on the achievements of its Centennial Grants Program’s efforts to educate and inspire communities and policymakers about Earth and Space sciences.

In this episode, we hear from top CEOs about how their associations have adapted and continue to improve the nation’s health and wellness during COVID-19 - from pharmacists to hospitals to yoga teachers. We speak to Steve Anderson, President and CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association, and Shannon Roche, President and CEO of Yoga Alliance about their members' work to keep people well during the pandemic and every day. Plus, we share another Great Moment in Association History.

ASAE Vice President of Public Policy Mary Kate Cunningham welcomes special guests to inspire the association community in advance of American Associations Week 2020.  Hear from Susan Robertson, CAE President & CEO, ASAE, Scott D. Wiley, FASAE, CAE, President and CEO of The Ohio Society of CPAs, Michelle I. Mason, CQIA, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO, Association Forum, Susan Bitter Smith, FASAE, CAE, Executive Director of Southwest Cable Communications Association, and Jim Clarke, CAE, retired, former SVP, Public Policy at ASAE. Visit www.thepowerofa.org for more information.  

This episode, we hear from ASAE President & CEO Susan Robertson, CAE, Pat Blake, FASAE, CAE, CEO of the Heart Rhythm Society and Steve Caldeira, President and CEO of the Household & Commercial Products Association, Angel M. Royal, PhD, Chief of Staff, American Association of Community Colleges, and Margarita L. Valdez, Assistant Director of Congressional Relations, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) about their associations’ work related to COVID-19. We learn about the association community’s efforts to keep America healthy and safe, as well as re-open and recover. Plus, we share another Great Moment in Association History.

In this episode of Stronger By Association, we speak to four association leaders, among the many, who are on the forefront of helping America and the world fight and respond to COVID-19. Host Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, Vice President of Public Policy, opens the episode with ASAE President & CEO Susan Robertson, CAE, and welcomes heads of the paper, distilled spirits, power, and blood bank industries and sectors. Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute, Chris Swonger, President & CEO of DISCUS, Debra BenAvram, CEO of AABB, and Heidi Brock, President and CEO of AF&PA join the discussion to describe ways in which their members are responding to the needs to the public during the pandemic and beyond.

ASAE’s public policy team gathers to discuss what they are doing to help associations achieve their missions during this time of crisis, including providing updates on pending funding and legislation. We also speak with Nate Smith, VP of Government Relations, American Traffic Safety Services Association to discuss how they are advocating for public safety and security. ASAE’s Chief Development Officer Garet Turner discusses the organization’s Drivers of Change research.

We speak to association leaders and a member of Congress who share how associations solve societal problems. Host Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, talks to Angela Holland of the GA Association of Convenience Stores, whose members fight human trafficking. Congressman Jim Kolbe (AZ) recounts how associations make life better in his state. American Counseling Association's Natasha Rankin, CAE, weighs in on her members' efforts. Chief Development Officer Garet Turner, CMP, CAE, co-hosts the episode.

Learn something new about one of our most unsung industries: associations, which represent virtually every industry and sector. Find out how some of the world’s most pressing problems are being solved by associations through the power of partnership and how America works best when we work together.