Toscas exits Portland Cement Association
Toscas CEO James Toscas has parted ways with the $30M-revenue Portland Cement Association after less than three years on the job. COO Michael Ireland has been named interim CEO. Toscas left PCA in September, according to his LinkedIn profile. The association did not publicly announce his departure. The CEO joined the group in 2014 after its previous top executive Greg Scott left after 14 months.
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Weston to leave nurses association
Weston Marla Weston has announced that she will leave her post as leader of the $85M-revenue ANA Enterprise on Jan. 1, 2018. Weston was named CEO of the American Nurses Association in 2009. The Silver Spring, Md., group, has since integrated with the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation.
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Seven association executives join apprenticeship task force
Lugar Seven association CEOs are on a new task force aimed at developing more apprenticeship programs in the workplace. U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta named 20 people to the task force Oct. 16, including CEOs: Michael Bellaman, Associated Builders and Contractors Joshua Bolten, Business Roundtable
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Carteaux seeks to Light the Night
Plastics Industry Association CEO raising money for cancer research and services Carteaux
Read MoreBusiness groups step up defense of NAFTA
Trump has threatened with withdraw U.S. from trade agreement With President Donald Trump suggesting he may withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement, business groups are redoubling efforts to protect the trade deal. The U.S. currently is attempting to renegotiate NAFTA but so far Canada and Mexico have resisted changes sought by the Trump administration.
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Association health plans get new life
Trump signs order to explore expansion of selling health insurance across state lines Trump signs executive order on association health plans on Oct. 12.
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