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Message from the Executive Director
Ken Bain

I am very excited to bring you my first message as the new CASA Executive Director! It is an honour and a privilege to fill this role and I look forward to working closely with the Board of Directors on behalf of the affiliate members across Canada. Before I address what I see coming ahead for CASA, I want to pay tribute to Frank Kelly, our outgoing CASA Executive Director. Frank provided outstanding leadership to CASA and always demonstrated a sincere commitment to ensure that CASA was a strong and vibrant organization uniting Canadian senior education leaders. Frank will be missed at the CASA Board of Directors' table and at our annual conference and on behalf of CASA, I want to extend my appreciation to Frank for his years of service and my best wishes for a well-deserved retirement.

You may be aware that the CASA Board of Directors engaged an external consultant to review the current communication strategy between and among CASA members. The final report provided recommendations that extended beyond the area of CASA communications.

Essentially, the three major themes addressed in the report included:

Communications
Governance
Membership Outreach

The CASA Board of Directors and I have begun to implement a number of recommendations within the context of the resources available to CASA. I will provide further updates as we move forward.