SmithBucklin Promotes Marc Charon to Vice President, Financial Management and Accounting Services
CHICAGO - Sept. 25, 2006 – SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company, announced today that Marc Charon has been promoted to Vice President, Financial Management and Accounting Services (FMAS). His new responsibilities include leading the FMAS unit with regard to all SmithBucklin client organizations served by both the Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices, and he is now a member of the SmithBucklin corporate management team.
Charon remains Finance Director for the American Society for Bone & Mineral Research (ASBMR). He also continues to provide senior level accounting and finance oversight for Courtesy Associates, the SmithBucklin conference, meeting and event management services subsidiary in Washington, D.C.
"Marc has made many contributions to SmithBucklin since he joined us in 2002," said SmithBucklin Chairman and CEO Henry S. Givray. "He has played an important role in delivering critical services to our client organizations, and will be active in educating our client leaders and employees on the important roles FMAS can play in providing even greater benefits to the associations we serve."
Charon joined SmithBucklin as a director and was promoted to senior director in July 2004. Previously, he worked at investment banking and venture capital firm Mercator Capital where he held a senior financial management position. He has an accounting degree from Emory University and an MBA from Villanova University, and he is a certified public accountant.
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SmithBucklin is the world's largest association management and professional services company providing flexible, tailored full-service management and function/project-specific services to more than 235 trade associations, professional societies, technology user groups, government institutes/agencies and corporations. SmithBucklin's mission is to drive growth and build sustained competitiveness for client organizations. Founded in 1949, the company employs 750 professionals specializing in all phases of association activity including executive management, member and chapter administration, convention and trade show management, marketing and branding, Web services, education and programs, government relations and financial management. SmithBucklin manages more than $200 million in annual client budgets from offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, St. Louis and Durham, NC. SmithBucklin is 100% employee owned. For more information, please visit www.smithbucklin.com or call 1.800.539.9740.
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