Advisory Group

At the forefront of association leadership

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.

Erik Asgeirsson

President & CEO
CPA.com

Carla Balakgie

FASAE, CAE
President & CEO
National Automatic Merchandising Association

Debra S. BenAvram

FASAE, CAE
CEO
AABB

Bergitta E. Cotroneo

FACMPE
Deputy CEO & Executive Vice President
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Mark Dorsey

CAE, FASAE
CEO
Construction Specifications Institute

Lou Digioia

CAE
COO
Colorectal Cancer Alliance

Abe Eshkenazi

CSCP, CPA, CAE
CEO
Association for Supply Chain Management

Gregory Fine

FASAE, CAE
Executive Vice President & CEO
CCIM Institute

Denise LeDuc-Froemming

CAE, MBA, CPA
CEO/Executive Vice President
Institute of Real Estate Management

Elena A. Gerstmann

FASAE, CAE, PhD
Executive Director
INFORMS

Mark J. Golden

FASAE, CAE
CEO
American Association of Clinical Chemistry

Lynne Thomas Gordon

MBA, RHIA, CAE, FACHE, FAHIMA
Executive Director
American Association of Orthodontists

Patrick Gouhin

CAE
CEO
Angel Capital Association

Velma Hart

FASAE, CAE
COO
Construction Specifications Institute

Bobby Heard

MBA, CAE
COO
American College of Emergency Physicians

Pamela Hemann

FASAE, CAE
President
Association Management Services, Inc.

Tom Hood

Executive Vice President
Business Engagement & Growth, AICPA-CIMA and the Business Learning Institute

Mark Langley

Past President & CEO
Project Management Institute

Matt Loeb

Matt Loeb
Optimal Performance Seekers

Tom Loughlin

President
Archimedes Lever, LLC

Michelle Mason

CAE
President & CEO
Association Forum

Christine McEntee

Principal, CWMcEnteeLLC
Senior Advisor, CFAR, Issacon Miller

Kimberly Mosley

CAE, CPE
President
American Specialty Toy Retailing Association

Peter J. O’Neil

CAE
CEO
ASIS International

Arlene Pietranton

PhD, CAE
CEO
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Paul Pomerantz

FACHE
CEO
American Society of Anesthesiologists

David L. Schutt

PhD
CEO
SAE International

Susan E. Sedory

MA, CAE
Executive Director
American College of Emergency Physicians

Deborah Sexton

FASAE
Past President & CEO
PCMA

Raquel Tamez

CEO
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Christie Tarantino-Dean

FASAE, CAE
CEO
Institute of Food Technologists®

Katherine B. Trahan

CAE
President/CEO
Alliance Safety Council

Scott D. Wiley

CAE
President & CEO
The Ohio Society of CPAs

Peggy Winton

President & CEO
Association for Intelligent Information Management

Richard Yep

CAE, FASAE
CEO
American Counseling Association