All of James Edmund Datri’s CEO roles in the association world began with challenges.He became CEO of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) in 2008, at the start of the financial crisis, and of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) in 2020, during the pandemic. The hurdles were extreme. AAF had a big “cash crunch” and needed quick action and transformation, and ASMP had years of declining membership and revenue and a negative net worth, Datri told CEO Update.The Harvard Law School graduate’s solution for both was to expand engagement to other industries that were either related to the field or involved with it. At AAF, it was entertainment, media, technology, and major… Read More