Members of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) and people with a stake in our industry are going to find an advocate and ally in the newly appointed Executive Director of RIA, Marc Selvitelli, CAE. The RIA Board of Directors conducted an exhaustive search, and on June 2, they announced that Selvitelli will work with association leaders and volunteers to help guide and execute the organization’s strategic initiatives, programs and policies.
Marc spent the last eight years as VP of Membership and Chapter Relations at NAIOP: The Commercial Real Estate Association. Selvitelli received the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 2002 from the American Society of Association Executives and has previous experience as an association executive director at the National Association of Community Credit Unions. His management history also includes terms as Senior Director of Strategic Planning for the National Society of Professional Engineers and Director of Industry Relations and Regional Field Operations for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Selvitelli’s expertise includes membership recruitment, financial management, conference and event production, and advocacy and policy development.