Advisory Group
The digitalNow Advisory Group is comprised of some of the most accomplished and respected names in association leadership.
This committee of dedicated professionals is instrumental to the design and execution of digitalNow as they assist Sidecar in making key decisions while staying in touch with the real-world issues affecting association leaders today.
Abe Eshkenazi
CSCP, CPA, CAE
CEO
Association for Supply Chain Management
Bergitta Cotroneo
FACMPE
Deputy CEO & Executive Vice President
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Bobby Heard
MBA, CAE
COO
American College of Emergency Physicians
Carla Balakgie
FASAE, CAE
President & CEO
National Automatic Merchandising Association
Christie Tarantino-Dean
FASAE, CAE
CEO
Institute of Food Technologists
David Schutt
PhD
CEO
SAE International
Debra BenAvram
FASAE, CAE
CEO
AABB
Denise LeDuc Froemming
CAE, MBA, CPA
President & CEO
California Society of CPAs
Elena Gerstmann
FASAE, CAE, PhD
Executive Director
INFORMS
Erik Asgeirsson
President & CEO
CPA.com
Garth Jordan
MBA, CSM, CSPO
CEO
American Animal Hospital Association
Geoffrey Brown
CAE
CEO
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
Irving Washington
CAE, FASAE
Executive Director & CEO
Online News Association
Kathy Trahan
CAE
President & CEO
Alliance Safety Council
Kimberly Mosley
CAE, CPE
Executive Director
Digital Analytics Association
Lakisha Ann Woods
President & CEO
National Institute of Building Sciences
Louis DiGioia
CAE
COO
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
Lynda Patterson
FASAE, CAE
President & Owner
AMPED Association Management
Lynne Thomas Gordon
MBA, RHIA, CAE
Executive Director
American Association of Orthodontists
Mark Dorsey
CAE, FASAE
CEO
Construction Specifications Institute
Mark J. Golden
FASAE, CAE
CEO
American Association of Clinical Chemistry
Matt Loeb
CEO and Principal
Optimal Performance Seekers
Pamela Hemann
FASAE, CAE
President
Association Management Services, Inc.
Patrick Gouhin
CAE
CEO
Angel Capital Association
Patrick Spear
President & CEO
GMDC|Retail Tomorrow
Paul Pomerantz
CAE, FACHE
CEO
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Peggy Winton
CIP
President & CEO
Association for Intelligent Information Management
Peter J. O’Neil
CAE, FASAE
CEO
ASIS International
Scott Wiley
CAE
President & CEO
Ohio Society of CPAs
Steven Echard
IOM, CAE
Executive Vice President
American College of Rheumatology
Susan Sedory
MA, CAE
Executive Director
American College of Emergency Physicians
Tom Hood
CPA, CITP, CGMA
CEO
Maryland Association of CPAs
Velma Hart
FASAE, CAE, MBA
COO
Construction Specifications Institute
Emeritus Advisory Group Members
These individuals continue to play an active role in the industry and profession, and thus they provide insight in reviewing ideas and concepts and serve as an ambassador of digitalNow in helping to “pay it forward” to new potential leaders and members of the digitalNow community and ecosystem.
Christine Mcentee
Senior Advisor, CFAR, Issacon Miller
Principal, CWMcEnteeLLC
Deborah Sexton
FASAE
Past President & CEO
PCMA
Mark Langley
Past President & CEO
Project Management Institute
Tom Loughlin
President
Archimedes Lever, LLC
Gregory Fine
FASAE, CAE
Former CEO
Richard Yep
CAE, FASAE
CEO
American Counseling Association