Leadership academies, mentoring programs and networking opportunities are geared to fostering young, talented CEOs and executive staffers. With an oncoming wave of baby boomer retirements and the accessibility of association careers to recent college graduates, a growing number of young professionals who are climbing the ranks to senior association positions seems like an obvious assumption. But what some describe as an influx of committed 20- and 30-somethings into executive positions is just as quickly countered by association professionals who say the so-called trend is exaggerated. Gary LaBranche, outgoing president of the Association Forum of Chicagoland, said his… Read More