David Siegel

I am a Certified Association Executive (CAE), and Institute for Organizational Management (IOM), is the Executive Director of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC). Prior to this position, I served as Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Restaurant, Lodging and Resort & Campground Associations and President and CEO of their management company, Hospitality Minnesota.

I also served as Executive Director of the Maine Innkeepers Association in addition to time spent in the field of public relations and journalism.

I decided on a career in association management after being hired as Communications Director for the hospitality associations in 1987.

I currently serves on the Board of the Executive Officers Council of NAHB. I am a past President of the International Society of Hotel Association Executives and the Maine Society of Association Executives and has served on the Board of Directors of the Council of State Restaurant Associations.

Specialties: Association management; technology; marketing; public speaking.

Fun: I thoroughly enjoy long walks in the woods with our dog Shep; music; spending time with family; Gopher sports and reading. And one of these days, I'm going to get that blog going...