TAKING THE NEXT STEP

IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) member for more than 40 years, Marc Palker, CMA, has served in many leadership roles. He’s been president of his local chapter, has stood at the helm of numerous national committees, and has authored governance changes that have increased diversity in the Chair nominations process. He also has made lifelong friendships. So when he started looking back at his career a couple of years ago, he wondered what he should do next. He asked himself, “Where do you go within an organization when you’ve pretty much done everything?” Answer: You take on the largest leadership post of all. “I felt like it was time,” Marc says. “I asked myself, ‘Do I want to try to take that last step—to become IMA Chair?’ and the answer, this year, was yes.” After a strenuous process—which included extensive interviews and vetting by the Nominating Committee—Marc won the nomination and was named IMA Chair-Elect, which meant he would be IMA Chair for 2016-2017. During the year ahead, he intends to help the association continue its successful execution of the strategic plan and help strengthen IMA’s position as the leading association for management accountants around the world.

An IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) member for more than 40 years, Marc Palker, CMA, has served in many leadership roles. He’s been president of his local chapter, has stood at the helm of numerous national committees, and has authored governance changes that have increased diversity in the Chair nominations process. He also has made lifelong friendships. So when he started looking back at his career a couple of years ago, he wondered what he should do next. He asked himself, “Where do you go within an organization when you’ve pretty much done everything?” Answer: You take on the largest leadership post of all. “I felt like it was time,” Marc says. “I asked myself, ‘Do I want to try to take that last step—to become IMA Chair?’ and the answer, this year, was yes.”

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