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McLernon set to retire 35 years after launching GBA

Looking back on her career, the excitement in Nancy McLernon’s voice never wavers and it’s easy to understand why. McLernon accomplished all she set out to do in her 35 years as founder, president and CEO of Global Business Alliance in Washington, D.C. When she retires at the end of this year, Jonathan Samford, her “right-hand man” of more than a decade, will assume the CEO role.McLernon launched GBA in 1990 at age 24 to encourage foreign direct investment in the U.S. and legislative policy to support it. GBA is the only multi-industry association that exclusively represents the U.S. operations of international companies like Nestle, Siemens and Toyota. Despite representing different… Read More