Jim Maden, PIA of Tennessee E.V.P. Named TSAE ‘Association Executive of the Year’

James F. Maden, executive vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee, has been named the Association Executive of the Year by the Tennessee Society of Association Executives.

The award recognizes exemplary leadership and achievement on behalf of the executive’s employing association and on the association management profession. It was presented July 22 at the TSAE annual awards luncheon.

“If there is something that could have been done during a Tennessee association executive’s career, Jim has done it,” Betsy Hilt, TSAE executive director said. “He has served his association and the entire association community well during his 18 years in the association management profession.”

Maden has been a TSAE member for 16 years. He has served on numerous committees and was elected to the board of directors in 1997. He was elected treasurer of the association in 2002, during which time he proposed the current dues structure. He served as president-elect in 2003, and during this term, designed and implemented the association’s first board orientation. In 2004, he served as president. He holds the Certified Association Executive designation.

Maden joined PIA of Tennessee as executive vice president in 1989. Under his direction, the association’s membership has grown by 58 percent. The association purchased its current headquarters in the Cool Springs area of Franklin in 1999.

Within the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, Maden has served on various committees and has been active in the PIA Society of State Executives. He served two years as president of the society and was named the 1997 Executive of the Year. Most recently, he served on the committee that conducted a national search to fill the position of executive vice president and CEO of PIA National.

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