Society for Association Ex-
ecutives. Her background has
brought her to work with as-
sociations who have had a fo-
cus on professional develop-
ment, the setting of standards
and on providing the oppor-
tunity for individuals to de-
velop and demonstrate their
competency in a profession.
“The focus of the association
is on building leadership and
recognition of the value of the
profession.”
A key turning point for the as-
sociation, recalls Cheryl, was
the act of changing its name
in September 2013, which
joined two associations, the
former PMAC which was in-
corporated in 1919 with the
former SCL, which was in
existence for 45 years. “That
was a year and a half in the
making with the two organi-
zations coming together and
deciding we had a lot of mu-
tual ground and that bringing
us together would be good for
the profession, establishing a
single voice for the end-to-end
supply chain.”
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