Industrial Markets
Aerospace Industries Association: The Aerospace Industries Association is the premier trade association representing the nation's major aerospace and defense manufacturers. Today, more than 100 major aerospace and defense companies are members of the association, embodying every high-technology manufacturing segment of the U.S. aerospace and defense industry from commercial aviation and avionics, to manned and unmanned defense systems, to space technologies and satellite communications.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: AIAA is the world's largest professional society devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. The Institute continues to be the principal voice, information resource, and publisher for aerospace engineers, scientists, managers, policymakers, students, and educators
National Defense Industrial Association: NDIA is America's leading Defense Industry association promoting National Security. NDIA provides individuals from academia, government, the military services, small businesses, prime contractors, and the international community, the opportunity to network effectively with the government - industry team, keep abreast of the latest in technology developments, and address and influence issues as well as government policies critical to the health of the defense industry and the preservation of our national security.
The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA): NTSA provides the training, simulation, related support systems and training services industries a focused, formal organization to represent and promote their business interests in the market place. The Association provides a forum to communicate the full capability and broad characteristics of all of the elements of training systems and services to include associated support services.
Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI): The Association for Enterprise Integration is the leading industry group providing a framework for collaboration between government and industry. AFEI's members' common goal is to advance enterprise integration, network centric operations and world-class electronic business practices for industries and governments around the globe.
Precision Strike Association (PSA): The Precision Strike Association is the premier professional organization dedicated to advancing precision engagement concepts and technologies. The association promotes the development of procedures made to track, target, attack and assess fixed, moving and relocatable targets.
Women in Defense (WID): Women in Defense is a National Security Organization, affiliated with NDIA. It provides its members with opportunities for professional development and networking, cultivating the advancement of women leaders in government and industry professions.
U.S. Department of Defense: DefenseLINK's mission is to support the overall mission of the Department of Defense by providing official, timely and accurate information about defense policies, organizations, functions and operations.
Consumer Markets
National Retail Federation: The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade organization with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, chain and restaurants as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services.
Retail Industry Leaders Association (formerly IMRA): The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) promotes consumer choice and economic freedom through public policy and industry operational excellence. Its members include the largest and fastest growing companies in the retail industry--retailers, product manufacturers, and service suppliers.
Food Marketing Institute: Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in research, education, industry relations and public affairs on behalf offood retailers and wholesalers in the United States and around the world.
CIES: The Food Business Forum is only independent global food business network. Its mission is facilitate the development of key strategic and practical issues affecting the food business.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores: NACDS represents the nation's leading retail chain pharmacies and suppliers. The chief purpose is to represent the views and policy positions of member chain drug companies.
Texas A&M University - Center for Retailing Studies: The Precision Strike Association is the premier professional organization dedicated to advancing precision engagement concepts and technologies. The association promotes the development of procedures made to track, target, attack and assess fixed, moving and relocatable targets.
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA): The AHLA is an educational organization that is devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field. It provides resources to address the issues facing its active members who practice in law firms, firms, government, in-house settings and academia and who represent the entire spectrum of the health industry.
American Hospital Association (AHA): The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters.
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public.
Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA): AHIA is the professional organization for healthcare internal auditors. It is an international non-profit organization. It provides educational opportunities and the sharing of ideas to foster growth as healthcare professionals. It is the only organization established for the purpose of fulfilling the professional needs of healthcare internal auditors.
Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA): HCCA is a new forum for healthcare professionals involved in compliance serving all segments of the health care industry. It promotes quality compliance programs in health care - their introduction, development, and maintenance.
Health Management Academy (HMA): The Health Management Academy provide our Quick Hitting Best Practices model of information and executive education to senior executives of prominent health systems, academic medical centers and corporations. The Academy operates forums where executives meet on a regular basis and share with each other knowledge and perspectives.
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA): HFMA is the nation's leading membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders. HFMA helps healthcare finance professionals meet the challenges of the modern healthcare environment by: providing education, analysis, and guidance; building and supporting coalitions with other healthcare associations to ensure accurate representation of the healthcare finance profession; educating a broad spectrum of key industry decision makers on the intricacies and realities of maintaining fiscally healthy healthcare organizations and working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders to improve the healthcare industry by identifying and bridging gaps in knowledge, best practices, and standards.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.
PhRMA: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA's mission is winning advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of life-saving and life enhancing new medicines for patients by pharmaceutical/biotechnology research companies.
Financial Services
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): The Associated General Contractors of America is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity, and responsibility. AGC provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.
American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA): AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. The association provides its members public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry.
Construction and Real Estate Network (CORENET): CoreNet Global is the world's premier association for corporate real estate and related professionals. Its members consist of corporate real estate executives, service providers and economic developers. This professional mix reflects the industry's focus on global alliance partnerships and on integrating the management of corporate assets, the workplace and infrastructure.
Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA): The Construction Financial Management Association is a main resource for construction financial professionals. Its main purpose is to provide resources to meet the challeneges for construction finance professionals and assist in the growth of construction financial management.
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC): The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. ICSC's main goals are to advance the development of the shopping center industry and to establish the individual shopping center as a major institution in the community.
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT): NAREIT is the representative voice for U.S. REITs and publicly traded real estate companies worldwide. Members are real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other businesses that own, operate and finance income-producing real estate, as well as those firms and individuals who advise, study and service these businesses. The association provides the latest industry related information through its website.
National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF): The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) is an association of institutional real estate professionals who share a common interest in their industry. NCREIF provides a forum for service providers that have a significant involvement in pension fund real estate investments a place to address vital industry issues and to promote research. NCREIF also provides real estate performance information.
National Association of Homebuilders: National Association of Homebuilders is a trade association whose mission is to enhance the climate for housing and the building industry. NAHB works to montior and improve the housing finance system and represents the industry's interests on Capitol hill to ensure housing remains a national priority when laws and policies are made.
Pension Real Estate Association: PREA's mission is to serve its members engaged in instituional real estate investments through the sponsorship of objective forums for education, research initiatives, membership interaction and the exchange of information.
The Real Estate Roundtable: The Real Estate Roundtable is the organization that brings together leaders of the nation's top public and privately-held real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms with the leaders of major national real estate trade associations to jointly address key national policy issues relating to real estate and the overall economy.
Urban Land Institute (ULI): Urban Land Institute's mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. Its members worldwide represent the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service. ULI is a trusted idea place where leaders come to grow professionally and personally through sharing, mentoring, and problem solving.
Investment Company Institute: The Investment Company Institute is the national association of U.S. investment companies. The Institute encourages adherence to high ethical standards by all industry participants and promotes public understanding of mutual funds and other investment companies.
National Investment Company Services Association: The National Investment Company Services Association is a trade association that provides leadership and innovation in educational programming and information exchange within the operations sector of the worldwide investment industry. The membership represents all segments of the mutual fund industry including mutual fund complexes, investment management companies, custodian banks, transfer agents and independent providers of specialized products and services.
Bank Administration Institute: Bank Administration Institute is the financial services industry's leading professional organization focused on enhancing employee and organizational performance. BAI provides the latest insights on complex, strategic issues in financial services.
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association represents the industry that drives the global economy. It links investors and issuers locally and globally to create economic growth and financial security. SIFMA provides educational resources for the professionals in the industry and the investors whom they serve.
Insurance Accounting and Systems Association: The Insurance Accounting & Systems Association (IASA) is a non-profit, education association that strives to enhance the knowledge of insurance professionals, and participants from similar organizations closely allied with the insurance industry by facilitating the exchange of ideas and information. The mission of IASA is to initiate and facilitate the exchange of educational information and ideas among insurance related professionals to enhance the effectiveness of these individuals, their employers and the financial services industry as a whole.
National Association of Insurance Commissioners: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the organization of insurance regulators. The NAIC provides a forum for the development of uniform policy when uniformity is appropriate. NAIC helps regulators protect the interests of insurance consumers.
International Insurance Society: The Society is a global resource for the insurance community. The organization provides information, education and networking opportunities for companies and individuals seeking contacts, cross-border exchanges and knowledge on a global scale.
Risk and Insurance Management Society: The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management, a professional discipline that protects physical, financial and human resources. It provides products, services and other resources to help its members manager risk effectively.
American Council of Life Insurers: American Council of Life Insurers is an organization that expands awareness of how the products offered by life insurers help Americans plan for and achieve financial retirement security. ACLI member companies are the leading providers of financial and retirement security products covering individual and business markets.
ICE
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA): Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is an international nonprofit membership organization representing all sectors of wireless communications - cellular, personal communication services and enhanced specialized mobile radio. The organization represents service providers, manufacturers, wireless data and internet companies, as well as other contributors to the wireless universe. CTIA also supports industry iniatitives and provides members information.
National Cable Television Association (NCTA): The National Cable Television Association is the principal trade association of the cable television industry in the United States. NCTA's primary mission is to provide its members with a strong national presence by providing a single, unified voice on issues affecting the cable and telecommunications industry.
United States Telecom Association (USTA): USTelecom is a trade association that represents the interests of service providers in the dynamic telecommunications industry. The association supports the development and implementation of policies on telecommunications priorities, as well as tax, environmental, labor, and other key issues that effect our industry. USTelecom also promotes the industry before Congress and other policy makers.
American Electronics Association (AeA): American Electronics Association (AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry. AeA lobbies governments at the state, federal, and international levels; provides access to capital and business opportunities; and offers select business services and networking programs.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a educational and scientific computing society. ACM is a leading resource for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology, and for interpreting the impact of information technology on society.
Association for Computer Operations Management International (AFCOMI): Association for Computer Operations Management International is an association dedicated to providing data center management professionals with information and resources that pertain to their daily life in the data center.
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEA): Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEA) is an association for companies for professionals in the consumer electronics industry. It provides its members market research and forecasts; consumer surveys; legislative and regulatory news; engineering standards; training resources and other information.
Electronics Industry Alliance (EIA): The Electronics Industry Alliance is a national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of U.S. manufacturers. The Alliance is a partnership of electronic and high-tech associations and companies whose mission is promoting the market development and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry through domestic and international policy efforts.
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA): The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is a trade association representing the U.S. semiconductor industry. SIA shapes public policy on issues critical to the industry and provides a spectrum of services to aid members in growing their own businesses.
Alliance for Anti-Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement: The Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement is a strategic initiative composed of high technology companies committed to addressing the global impact of the gray market and counterfeiting of goods on the technology industry. It provides an open forum where leaders can discuss trends, issues and solutions addressing the gray market fraud and counterfeit in the technology sector.
Association of American Publishers: The Association of American Publishers is the largest trade assocation of publishing companies in the United States. It serves many public relations functions. AAP is broken into core programs that address issues to members of the industry.
Magazine Publishers of America: Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) is the industry organization for consumer magazines. MPA's mission is to be the primary source of information and expertise about the publishing industry for both its members and the community at large.
Motion Picture Association of America: Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a trade assocation for the American motion picture, home video and television industries. An MPAA is the advocate for strong protection of the creative works produced and distributed by the industry, fights copyright theft around the world, and provides leadership in meeting new and emerging industry challenges.
The Recording Industry of America: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes its members' creative and financial vitality.
Government
Government Finance Officers Association: The Government Finance Officers Associatoin (GFOA) is the professional association of state/provincial and local finance officers in the United States and Canada that serves the public finance profession. The association delivers a broad range of services and programs in the major functional areas of government financial management.
National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers: The National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) is an organization for state officials who deal with the financial management of state government. NASACT's membership is comprised of officials who have been elected or appointed to the office of state auditor, state comptroller or state treasurer in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
Association of Government Accountants: The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) supports the careers and professional development of government finance professionals working in federal, state and local governments as well as the private sector and academia. AGA provides professionals with education, research, publications, certification and conferences to further their development and skills in government finance.
Mid Market
Association for Corporate Growth: The Association for Corporate Growth (is the a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations belong to ACG. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide.
Venture Capital Bean Counters: Venture Capital Bean Counters (VCBC) is a non-profit association of finance professionals in venture capital firms. VCBC members are able to establish best practices for their firms by leveraging the accumulated knowledge and experience of their colleagues through the VCBC provided conferences, luncheons and meetings.
National Venture Capital Association: The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is a trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA is a member-based organization, which consists of venture capital firms that manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in high growth companies. There is also a National Venture Capital Association Corporate Group that was formed to fulfill the information, education, and networking needs of corporations, enabling them to accelerate the progress of innovation and growth through successful strategic venturing.
MIT Enterprise Forum: The MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc. builds connections to technology entrepreneurs and to the communities in which they reside. The Enterprise Forum produces a series of educational programs about entrepreneurship through a network of 24 worldwide chapters.
Private Equity
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) is an association developed for privacy professionals. It is committed to providing a forum for privacy professionals to share best practices, track trends, advance privacy management issues, standardize the designations for privacy professionals, and provide education and guidance on opportunities in the field of privacy.
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) - The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations belong to ACG. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide.
American Securitization Forum (ASF) - The American Securitzation Forum (ASF) is the securitization industry's unifying forum for converting ideas into action to enhance and improve the securitization market. ASF builds consensus, coordinates advocacy efforts, and informs and educates the securitization community and related constituencies on issues of broad importance to the industry. Its members gain education and knowledge from other member professionals that help promote future growth in the domestic securitzation market.
