Chicagoland associations may be several years past the 2008 economic meltdown, but membership gains in the current post-recession period have been extremely slow in coming, say executives from the two largest association management companies. RELATED CONTENT Chicago meeting: poetry, poker, association professionals “Association memberships, in general, have stayed kind of flat,” said Patrick Farrey, a Chicago-based group vice president with the Kellen Company. “Membership growth has been challenging,” said John R. Stoiber, Chicago-based executive vice president & chief executive of the business trade industry practice at SmithBucklin. Both executives see a… Read More