President’s Foreword - February 2022

By J. Tate Godfrey, CEcD, President & CEO

As the horse racing track announcers say, “And, they’re off….” IAMC is off to a great start to what will hopefully be our return to normal. We have a new set of metrics, events, programs and goals, and we are excited about the possibilities of 2022.

A fantastic start to the year is the 12-month look back at our Corporate Member Retention rate. This month it is at 86% which is a near record level for IAMC. Further notable is that we have not fallen below 80% Corporate retention in the past 12 months, which is incredible especially during a global pandemic. Kudos to the Member Engagement Committee and Mark Nortman for their work to keep our existing members engaged and happy with the association.

Also off to a good start, we had 6 new Corporate members join in January. Corporate real estate executives form Target, NextEra Energy, Florida Power & Light, Refresco, SRS Distribution and Radial all joined last month.

Lastly, I am pleased to report encouraging numbers for Spring Forum in Fort Lauderdale. We currently have 292 total registrations which is 75% of our goal of 388. We have 64 Corporate registrations which represents 85% of our goal. Also hugely important, our sponsorships are at 87% of our goal for the 2022 Spring Forum.

These are great beginning numbers on several fronts. In short, we are off to a good start! But, it is early in the race and there much more hard work to come.