Longtime ASHA veteran Vicki Deal-Williams to become top exec following retirement of Arlene Pietranton at the end of the yearDeal-WilliamsMany associations have made new hires in recent years to oversee diversity efforts. But when Vicki Deal-Williams first stepped into the role of chief staff officer for multicultural affairs at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1997, there were few association positions like hers."‘Language' is our middle name," said Deal-Williams, who will become ASHA's next CEO on Jan. 1. "When language is your middle name, you have to focus on culture and do it well."ASHA announced Oct. 5 that Deal-Williams would take over the role… Read More