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Veteran ‘association guy’ Caldeira fights for the sector

Steve Caldeira is a warrior for the association community he has called home for more than 15 years and for the charitable and civic causes he supports.After starting off in Republican political campaigns and corporate public affairs, Caldeira is now “an association guy,” as he puts it. He led the International Franchise Association (IFA) through bitter battles with the Obama administration in the early to mid 2010s and has run the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) since 2017. HCPA represents makers of chemical products like cleaners and advocates for, among other things, what members see as appropriate regulation and expeditious product approvals from the Environmental… Read More