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Steve Caldeira, dogged association advocate, retires

Steve Caldeira has been a warrior for the politicians, companies and industries he has represented since the early ’80s. He’s also employed varying methods for tackling challenges that many associations CEOs end up facing: regulatory risks to the industries they represent and limited resources for advocacy.After a decade as CEO of the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) and two decades as a leading association executive, he is retiring July 13.Caldeira led IFA from 2010 to 2015. During his tenure, IFA members saw an existential threat in Obama-era rules to recognize workers as joint employees of both the individual franchisee and larger franchisor… Read More