{"id":14211,"date":"2019-11-11T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T08:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14211"},"modified":"2019-11-11T08:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T08:32:34","slug":"interel-closure-to-leave-nasao-homeless-in-search-for-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/interel-closure-to-leave-nasao-homeless-in-search-for-new-president\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Interel Closure to Leave NASAO Homeless, In Search for New President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO)\nhas announced a change of management and executive leadership heading into\n2020. NASAO has been contracted with the association management firm, Interel,\nsince 2017 when the company acquired Association Management Group,\nIncorporated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the announcement of Interel\u2019s U.S. office closure, and termination of all association management services by December 31, 2019, NASAO will be looking for a new office either under a different management company or a return to self- management. \u201cThis is unfortunate news,\u201d said Kim Stevens, Publisher of the State Aviation Journal and former NASAO employee. \u201cBeing under a management company did have some pluses, but overall I think that NASAO was handcuffed. I don\u2019t believe the management company knew what to make of NASAO &#8211; It didn\u2019t fit into their cookie cutter philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3369edit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14212\" width=\"166\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3369edit2.jpg 252w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3369edit2-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><figcaption><em>Shelly Simi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Association also announced that it is conducting a nationwide recruitment for a President\/CEO as Shelly Simi, the most recent NASAO president was an Interel employee and left as a result of the upcoming closure. The future of two other NASAO employees is also unclear as they are contracted through Interel as well. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASAO extends our deepest thanks to Shelly Simi, who\nstepped into the role of President\/CEO at the start of this year through the\nInterel management contract,\u201d said John Binder (AK), NASAO Board Chair. \u201cHer\nleadership throughout 2019 has furthered NASAO\u2019s mission and it has been a\npleasure to work with her over the past year.\u201d&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search for a new president will be led by ADK Consulting\n&amp; Executive Search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASAO represents the states and public on aviation issues to\nhelp provide a safe, secure, efficient, and well-funded aviation system for\ngrowth and job creation across the nation. Additional information regarding the\nexecutive search will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) has announced a change of management and executive leadership heading into 2020. NASAO has been contracted with the association management firm, Interel, since 2017 when the company acquired Association Management Group, Incorporated. With the announcement of Interel\u2019s U.S. office closure, and termination of all association management services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14215,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211\/revisions\/14215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}