ACTE Press Release

Immediate Release!

ACTE Accepts Nominations for Officer Positions

(Alexandria, Virginia, August 6, 2001) - The Association of Corporate Travel Executives recently announced to members its acceptance of nominations for the associationÕs officer positions. Intended as the first step in an initiative to restructure the leadership of ACTE, the acceptance period for nomination of officer positions runs from July 15 to September 15, 2001.

The officer positions open for nomination are:
President - Term: May - December, 2002
P resident - Term: Jan - December, 2003
Treasurer - Term: May, 2002 - December 2003

David Ogilvie, chairman of the Nomination Committee commented, "The nomination period officially opened July 15 and we have already received considerable interest from several highly respected corporate industry leaders. I encourage any ACTE member interested in leading the industry by holding one of these prestigious positions to contact me."

Earlier in the year, the ACTE Board of Governors launched a self-assessment program. The goal was to define the ways that would best position the association for continuing to serve the needs of the members and the industry in the future. An early result of the exercise indicated that leadership needed to become more flexible and efficient.

ACTE president Ron Wagner said, ÒThis leaner leadership structure for ACTE is the result of the demanding times we live in. Individual business requirements leave us, as leaders, with less time to support the industry at large. ACTE's new leadership structure will allow industry professionals to contribute and lead with greater impact and less consumption of their time."

ACTE's leadership restructuring will result in new by-laws, a board-driven strategic planning process, a more global and smaller board, and fewer officers positions and standing committees. These actions will increase the focus on ad-hoc committees and an improved volunteer program.

The ACTE Board of Governors appointed a Task Force to implement leadership transition under the direction of Colleen Guhin, global travel manager for ON Semiconductor. Other Task Force members are:

Larry Cook, regional sales director, Midwest Region, Galileo International
Marilyn Clifton, EMEA travel manager, Oracle Corporation
Nancy Holtzman, executive director, ACTE
Cheryl Hutchinson, senior principal, AMS Corporate Travel
David Ogilvie, vice president, Global Corporate Travel, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Ron Wagner, president, Western Division, WorldTravel- BTI