Mary Kate Cunningham to succeed longtime association advocate, who is leaving next year after more than 20 years at group Clarke, left, and Cunningham The lobbyist who advocates on behalf of the association community is stepping down. ASAE announced Oct. 9 that Senior Vice President of Public Policy Jim Clarke will retire at the end of January 2019, concluding a career at the association spanning more than two decades. Mary Kate Cunningham, currently senior director of public policy at ASAE, will succeed him. Clarke first joined ASAE in 1997 from Capitol Hill, where he was a Republican staffer. In an announcement about his retirement, the association credited the lobbyist… Read More