Stuart K. Pratt, president and CEO of CDIA, provides a textbook example of an association executive groomed to someday take the helm of the organization. Hired in 1985 as an educational assistant, he climbed the ranks to become vice president of government relations. In 2002, he was named CEO. The members of CDIA include credit reporting and collection agencies and employment reporting companies that form the backbone of this country’s financial reporting industry. Pratt spoke to CEO Update recently about building consensus among members, finding mentors in an association career and telling CDIA’s success story to the rest of the world. Q: Coming from a background in… Read More