Association Rockstars Lowell Aplebaum

Hester Ndoja, CAE joined the Florida Society of Association Executives in January 2008 and recently, she was named President and CEO in February 2024. Hester has gained experience in just about every area of association management while at FSAE and earned the Certified Association Executive designation (CAE) in 2009. Hester has a passion for salesmanship and discusses the significance of attentive listening and its transformative impact on her professional trajectory. She believes that ...

Jeff De Cagna AIMP FRSA FASAE is an executive advisor for Foresight First LLC in Reston, Virginia, and an association contrarian, foresight practitioner, governing designer, stakeholder/successor advocate, and stewardship catalyst. Jeff shares the importance of intentional learning and challenging your orthodoxy in creating success for the future of your association.Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst at Vista Cova Producer and Operations: Amy Hager - Strategy...

Kayla Waller is President / CEO at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce. She was appointed CEO a year and a half after graduating from Virginia Tech. Kayla shares her experience as a younger CEO and how they have overcome technology challenges and tough conversations in her time at the Chamber. Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst at Vista Cova Producer and Operations: Amy Hager - Strategy Advisor at Vista CovaVideo and Audio Editing: Savannah BraggMusic: ...

Listen in as Lowell M. Aplebaum interviews a panel of Association Rockstars from the 2023 season as they reflect on the past year and look forward to 2024. Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst at Vista Cova Producer and Operations: Amy Hager - Strategy Advisor at Vista CovaVideo and Audio Editing: Kaelyn SandersMusic: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burnLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dana is the Director of Client Partnerships at DelCor Technology Solutions. She likes making clients (and people in general) happy by finding solutions to their problems and creating positive relationships by connecting them with others. She's a big fan of the passion she sees in the association world, and how technology can enable organizations to achieve great things.Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst at Vista Cova Producer and Operations: Amy Hager - Strat...

Joseph Jones, PhD, MPA, IOM is chief of staff to the president at Des Moines University. He is the former executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement at Drake University. He is a community volunteer, local elected official, and nonprofit organization board leader. He is a lifelong introvert and spends his quiet time with his 7-year-old Newfoundland and an assortment of backyard chickens.Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst a...