Gary LaBranche
Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, is the president and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute. Career. Gary LaBranche is president and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).https://www.niri.org/contact-us NIRI's 3500 members include investor relations practitioners from 1600+ publicly traded companies with combined market valuation of $9 trillion. Prior to joining NIRI in 2017, he was President & CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth (2008-2017) and President & CEO of the Association Forum (2003-2008). Named an ASAE Fellow (FASAE) in 1995, he received the ASAE Key Award in 2007 for his  career achievement as an association CEO. Association Trends named him the Association Executive of the Year for 2012, for which he presented remarks entitled, "Four Freedoms of Association." The Association Forum named him the recipient of the 2019 Samuel B. Shapiro Award for Chief Executive Achievement. https://s6.goeshow.com/af/honorsgala/2019/honorees-2019.cfm He has been a member of the U.S. Chamber's Committee of 100 since 2004. LaBranche also served three years as CEO of CertiLearn, an e-learning company. He was the 2013–2014 Board Chairman for ASAE's for-profit subsidiary, ASAE Business Services, Inc., and served on that board 2008–2018. LaBranche also served  on the 2013–2014 ASAE Board of Directors and is a past member of the ASAE Foundation Board and the ASAE Insurance Company Board. He has served two terms on the Vestry of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL. He attended Lorain County Community College and graduated from The Ohio State University. Personal life. LaBranche lives with his wife, Karen and daughter Catie, in Evanston, IL. An active volunteer, LaBranche led Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity as Grand Prytanis (International Chairman) from 1997–1999 and presided over the Fraternity's Centennial Celebration.