Former head of Association Forum of Chicagoland says nonprofit groups——especially medical societies——face substantial challenges Chris Mahaffey has been steeped in associations since long before he became executive director of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in 2003. Right after graduating from Western Illinois University, he took his political science and journalism degree to Washington, D.C., for an entry-level job at the National Association of Retail Druggists (now National Community Pharmacists Association). He jokes that he monitored Hill hearings so low-level that even C-SPAN didn’t cover them. But Mahaffey didn’t entirely stumble into the sector… Read More