Debra BenAvram became a transformational association executive at a young age, despite early uncertainty about her direction in life.She earned degrees in dietetics and business from the University of Maryland and then earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from Miami University in 2000.“I ended up in this educational leadership master’s program because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life,” she told CEO Update in a recent interview. “But that program was focused on organizational culture and leadership theory.”BenAvram soon put that education to use. After just two years as director of programs at the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, she became associate… Read More