Steve Largent’s career skews the usual trajectory of an association leader. Largent is most known for his standout record-setting NFL career as a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, where he played for 14 years. Later, Largent formed several businesses in the private sector and then spent eight years in Congress representing Oklahoma’s first congressional district. And it was just by chance that Largent interviewed for the CEO position with CTIA in the summer of 2003 – and got the job. As a CEO, he’s experienced the more typical obstacles: right-sizing an association to 90 staff from 130, restructuring and learning how to lobby his former peers from the other side of… Read More