Trucker Buddy's Ellen Voie designated Certified Association Executive (CAE)

Washington DC (January 25, 2005) The American Society of Association Executives has announced that Ellen Voie, Executive Director of Trucker Buddy International has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) Credential. Less than five percent of all association professionals have achieved this distinction.

The CAE Credential is widely recognized as an indication of demonstrated skill in leadership, activity in community affairs and expertise in association management.

To earn the Certified Association Executive (CAE) Credential, an applicant must obtain a minimum number of years of required experience in nonprofit management, complete multiple hours of specialized professional development, pass a stringent examination in association management which tests fundamental knowledge of all areas of the association management profession, and pledge to uphold a code of ethics. Approximately 3,000 association professionals currently hold the CAE Credential.

"Ellen is always striving to improve the Trucker Buddy program," said Don Nehring, President of the Trucker Buddy Board of Directors. "This fantastic achievement shows her dedication to her job, and to the drivers and teachers and their students and the industry as a whole," Nehring added. Trucker Buddy International (www.truckerbuddy.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades two through eight.

The American Society of Association Executives (www.asaenet.org) is the leading authority in association management, and the professional society for those who work in the association industry. It's 22,000 members manage trade associations, professional societies, and nonprofit organizations.

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