--- title: "CEO to CEO: Year-End Goals" id: "40700" type: "post" slug: "ceo-to-ceo-year-end-goals" published_at: "2017-12-01T10:50:26+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T20:54:57+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2017/12/01/ceo-to-ceo-year-end-goals/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2017/12/01/ceo-to-ceo-year-end-goals.md" excerpt: "What is one goal you want to accomplish before the end of the year? Four CEOs break down their thoughts." taxonomy_category: - "Executive Leadership" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Established CEO" - "FOG management" - "Leadership" - "organization goals" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" taxonomy_persona: - "Executive Leadership" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » CEO to CEO: Year-End Goals ### Michael Dykes *President and CEO, International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, DC* When I became CEO of IDFA in January, I quickly came to value the commitment, knowledge, and customer- service ethic of the team. The one goal I want to achieve before my first anniversary is to have actively engaged every staff member in shaping the association’s future. This includes developing clear goals for the organization and each employee to encourage teamwork and accountability. When we have an empowered “A” team on the field, we ensure top-notch service delivery to dairy foods companies. ### Ed Liebow *Executive Director, American Anthropological Association, Arlington, Virginia* Before 2018, I want to nail down the funding that will allow our association to develop “World on the Move: 100,000 Years of Human Migration,” the next in a series of traveling museum exhibits to help change the public conversation about important but difficult topics, like race and immigration. We hope to increase public awareness that movement is not new; nearly every one of us has a migration story in our family history. Our association can bring people together to celebrate our common humanity. ### Jeannee Parker Martin *President and CEO, LeadingAge California, Sacramento, California* We are moving to a new AMS, new membership dues structure, and new fiscal year starting January 1, 2018. We have spent about a year planning for this transition and tested out different scenarios. As luck would have it, the AMS go-live date has been delayed, but we are moving forward with the new dues structure to coincide with our new fiscal year. We initiated a membership awareness campaign for the new dues structure and hope to achieve a smooth transition, despite the AMS implementation delay. ### Heidi Weber, CAE *Executive Director, Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity, Rockville, Maryland* I am a volunteer coach for a CAE study group of 23 association professionals taking the December exam. My goal is to provide them with structured support and guidance to pass the exam and become CAEs. I benefited from a study group and a passionate, dedicated coach. 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