Asae & The Center

JOHN H. GRAHAM IV, CAE became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Association Executives August 1, 2003. During the first year of his tenure, ASAE and GWSAE completed an historic merger resulting in a new organization, ASAE and Center for Association Leadership. ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership help associations and association professionals achieve previously unimaginable levels of performance. ASAE & The Center are more than 22,000 association executives and industry partners representing nearly 11,000 organizations, with a budget of $35 million and a staff of 135. Our members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies, and voluntary organizations across the United States and in 50 countries around the globe, as well as provide products and services to the association community. Before ASAE, he served the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Alexandria, Virginia for 24 years, the last thirteen as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to becoming CEO, John served the ADA in numerous capacities including Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Affiliate, National Director of Affiliate Development, Associate Executive Vice President for Operations and Deputy Executive Vice President. In his tenure as CEO, ADA quadrupled in size, from $50 million to $200 million in annual revenues and successfully moved from 53 independent, separately incorporated affiliate organizations to one nationwide organization with one staff, one budget and one plan. Before joining the American Diabetes Association, John served the Boy Scouts of America for nine years. He has a bachelor's degree from Franklin & Marshall College and serves on the Association Committee of 100, US Chamber of Commerce; BBB Wise Giving Alliance Board of Directors; Convention Industry Council Board of Directors and America's Promise Board of Trustee's.

Lisa Junker, CAE, IOM, is the deputy editor of and a regular writer for Associations Now, the award-winning monthly magazine of ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership. She also blogs regularly on ASAE & The Center's blog Acronym. Previously, Lisa served as senior manager of communications for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, a 12,000 member professional society. At AIHA, she was responsible for a monthly news magazine, a monthly technical journal, public relations, and web content, in cooperation with a four-person staff team. Prior to joining AIHA, Lisa was the manager of online communications for the Civil Engineering Research Foundation.