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KAI TROLL

President / CEO
ASSOCIATIONWORLD | EuropeActive | International Association Leader & Social Entrepreneur | PhD | MBA
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  • KAI TROLL

    Kai is CEO of Europe Active, the world's largest community representing the Fitness, Wellness and Health industry. He is also the volunteer President of Brussels based ASSOCIATIONWORLD Foundation, Europe's largest association knowledge platform, taking a holistic approach towards the development of associations and association professionals, building a global association community movement. 

    Kai drives international developments at several International and European associations in the field of disability,- medical,- new technology,- sports and education and is the co-founder and volunteer President of the Geneva International Association Forum (GIAF), the Brussels International Association Forum (BIAF), the Washington International Association Forum (WIAF) and the Irish Association Forum (IAF).

    He serves as an advisor to several boards of international organisations and non-profits focusing on the areas of Resource Development, Governance and Strategy. Kai is an active member of the UN SDG platform and the Clinton Global Initiative.

    Previously, Troll was CEO of Best Buddies EMEA, Director of Global Partnerships with the International Diabetes Federation, the Director at Special Olympics International in Europe-Eurasia and a Senior Management Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group based in Europe, North-America and Asia.

    Troll has a BA in Science, a MBA in International Management and a PhD in Economics.

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JANICE R. LACHANCE, JD, FASAE

AGU Interim Executive Director and CEO
AGU
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  • JANICE R. LACHANCE, JD, FASAE

    An accomplished nonprofit and Cabinet-ranked government executive and leader, Janice R. Lachance is the interim Executive Director and CEO at AGU. Janice has served AGU for six years in senior leadership roles, most recently as Executive Vice President of Strategic Leadership and Global Outreach and, prior to that, the interim Chief Operating Officer.

    Among her many duties, Janice leads AGU’s global partnerships and initiatives and positions and develops messaging across the range of climate, environmental, and science policy issues, discoveries, and solutions. She also oversees the teams handling communications and media relations; government relations and public policy; volunteer development and governance; executive operations; member engagement; and supporting of STEM careers at all stages. Her work also includes the renovation of the organization’s 62,000-square foot headquarters into a net zero energy consumption building—the first renovation of its kind in Washington, D.C.

    Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, Janice was nominated by President Clinton and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Cabinet-ranked Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where she was responsible for policy and programmatic leadership of the nation’s 2.1-million-member civil service.

    Janice also holds two appointments in the Biden-Harris Administration focused on federal employee compensation. She is Chair of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee and a member of the Federal Salary Council.

    Her experience in the not-for-profit sector includes service as CEO of the Special Libraries Association for more than 10 years, leading the global association of 9,000 librarians and information professionals and their business partners located in 75 countries.

    She is a Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives, an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Vice Chair and member of the Board of Directors of the Wise Giving Alliance, a former member of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postsecondary Education Value Commission, and she was the 2017-2018 President of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).

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JUAN WEBSTER

Managing Partner, Impact Strategist; Master Storyteller
Blu Eagle Consulting
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