•    Adam McClung has been named executive vice-president of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association. McClung replaces Tubby Smith, who accepted a position with the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry. McClung is an Arkansas native and served as membership director of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association from 2004–2008.

•    The Arizona Society of Association Executives and the Arizona Sunbelt Chapter of Meeting Professionals International are scheduled to hold a joint panel on “social networking from a meeting planner’s perspective” on March 11 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort in Fountain Hills. For more information, visit www.azsae.org.

•    The California Society of Association Executives has scheduled its 2010 Annual Conference—“Elevate”—for April 12–14 at the Renaissance/Long Beach. The event will offer education sessions and networking opportunities. For more information, visit www.calsae.org or call (916) 443-8980.

•    Brian Summers, CAE, of the Construction Financial Management Association, has been named president of the newly formed Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executives, which was created out of a merger between the New Jersey Society
of Association Executives and the Delaware Valley Society of Association Executives. Additional new officers include Victoria Elliott, CAE, of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association; Erica O’Grady, CAE, of the Institute for Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals; Dan Lemyre, CAE, of Association Headquarters, Inc.; and Ray Saputelli, CAE, of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians and the NJAFP Foundation.

•    Slated upcoming events for the Empire State Society of Association Executives include a Meetings Institute on March 16 at the Crowne Plaza/Albany–City Center, and a program called “The 21st Century Executive’s Role in the Financial Management of Non-profits” on April 16 at the Holiday Inn/Albany–Wolf Road. For more information, visit www.essae.org.

•    The New England Society of Association Executives is scheduled to hold its first Technology Conference March 26 at the Doubletree Guest Suites in the Boston suburb of Waltham, Massachusetts. The program will include education sessions, exhibits and networking opportunities. For more information, visit www.nesae.org. or call (978) 250-9847.

•    Alexis Terry has been named director of diversity and inclusion for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for Association Leadership in Washington, D.C. Terry previously worked for BoardSource, also based in D.C., where she served as project manager of its Diversity & Next Generation Initiative.

•    Also at ASAE, 25 students have been selected for the second class of its Leadership Academy for Young Association Professionals. Those from state or regional associations include Meghan Brown, of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association; Jessica Forte, of the Pennsylvania Dental Association; and Abigail Young, of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.