When first-time CEO Loretta Doan began leading the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) in January 2023, she found herself in a precarious situation. She was handed every single invoice to approve, many for trivial amounts of money.“It was a flood of unnecessary, minute work,” Doan told CEO Update. She wanted her tenure at the Rockville, Maryland-based association to be about giving staff what they needed to be successful, not causing bottlenecks.Still, she waited until midyear to hire a strategic CFO to implement new processes, and establish checkpoints to streamline financial decisions. Why? She first needed to establish her own higher-level leadership style — she landed on… Read More