Mr. Wood

Christopher Wood

Director of Social Responsibility

Convene Green Alliance

Christopher Wood currently serves ASAE as the Director of Social Responsibility and ASAE Convene Green Alliance.

As Director of Social Responsibility, Mr. Wood, along with iCohere and David Cooperrider, Ph.D., launched ASAE’s Social Responsibility Initiative in 2007, followed by the groundbreaking Global Summit on Social Responsibility in April 2008. The first-of-its-kind Global Summit connected more than 800 ASAE stakeholders via face-to-face meetings in Washington, DC and 19 connected locations around the world and online to co-create a social responsibility agenda for the future of the association profession.

Mr. Wood recently assumed the leadership of ASAE’s newly acquired 1000 member Convene Green Alliance (CGA). CGA is the premier source for professional networking, online tools and resources, as well as outreach and education about producing green meetings and events in the association industry.

Previously, Mr. Wood directed and produced ASAE & The Center’s Nation’s Capital Distinguished Speakers Series held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. For 13 seasons the series hosted presidents, prime ministers, Nobel Laureates, media personalities, entertainers, and other celebrities at the top of their field speaking on current events and their leadership roles.
Mr. Wood also held other posts with the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, ASAE, and The Center for Association Leadership.

Mr. Wood can be contacted at 202-326-9530 or cwood@asaecenter.org

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