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Mondi Named President of Mesirow More than 4,000 association executives have earned
Financial and maintained the CAE designation. The CAE Program
is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies (NCCA). NCCA accreditation provides
Mesirow Financial named Dominick Mondi as its new independent validation that the CAE Program meets or
president, putting him in line potentially to succeed CEO exceeds twenty-one standards concerning various aspects
Richard Price. of the certification program.
people in the news
Mondi, 62, will take the new post on April 1, according to ASAE is a membership organization of more than 21,000
a statement from the company. He is currently president of association executives and industry partners representing
the Chicago company’s capital markets division that trades 10,000 organizations. Its members manage leading
bonds, and he leads it with Bruce Young, who is CEO of trade associations, individual membership societies and
that business. voluntary organizations across the United States and in
nearly 50 countries around the world.
Price, 69, and Young, 75, have been in leadership
positions at Mesirow for decades. The once steered it with
popular CEO Jim Tyree, who died abruptly in March 2011.

Mondi is a relative newcomer, having arrived at the firm
in 2008 from the now-defunct New York investment
bank Bear Stearns, where he was
engaged in municipal bond sales. He
is the first person to take Mesirow’s
president title since Price gave up the
job to become CEO and chairman in
2011.

Davis Receives CAE
Designation

Chris Davis, IIA of IL Vice President
of Government Relations, recently
earned his Certified Association
Executive (CAE) designation with
American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE).
To become certified, applicants
must meet eligibility requirements
including employment, professional
development, and educational degree
and must successfully complete a
comprehensive examination, which
tests fundamental knowledge of all
areas of the association management
profession.
To maintain certification, CAEs must
accumulate professional credits over
three-year periods to demonstrate
their involvement in association
management, continuing education,
and the profession.

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