Association executive stays in touch with her artistic side Nickerson Like seemingly everyone in associationland, Ayana Nickerson as a young woman never saw herself working for an association. "Absolutely not," laughed Nickerson in an interview with CEO Update. "I wanted to go to Paris and be a fashion designer. My mother told me I couldn't do that and that I had to go to college." Somehow, her English degree led her to IT conferences and later a career in certifications for both associations and corporations, with an MBA along the way. Nickerson is in her first year as director of certification for the National Waste & Recycling Association, a new position for… Read More