Association CEOs travel many pathways to the corner office Fortin Related content Advocacy experience helpful, not critical for aspiring CEOs Frank Fortin spent two decades as a journalist and PR consultant, and more than 17 years as a communications staffer at a state medical society, when he decided to shoot for something higher. He wanted to be a CEO. "I really felt there was another act to my career," said Fortin, who became executive director of the Society of General Internal Medicine in June. "I didn't want to continue the rest of my career doing the same thing." Fortin's reinvention is not uncommon in the association world, although communications specialists… Read More