New Management Team for LES (USA & Canada)

The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. Transitions to New Management Team

RESTON, VA – February 24, 2016 - LES USA and Canada, Inc. (LES) is transitioning management services to Washington, DC area-based Drohan Management Group (DMG), Reston, VA, effective February 29, 2016, and consistent with the Washington, DC, location of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI).

LES USA and Canada, Inc., leadership expects that the positioning will enhance collaboration with LESI and broaden value to USA and Canada members. DMG is an internationally recognized and accredited Association Management Company based in Reston, VA, managing 27 international and national organizations. DMG also offers a strategic alliance with Interel, a leading European-based corporate affairs and association management firm.

DMG and LES leadership are working collaboratively to ensure a smooth transition. “We are confident that, throughout the transition, our members, sponsors, and partners will continue to benefit from the outstanding level of professionalism, programs, and benefits to which they are accustomed,” says LES Chairman of the Board Jeffrey S. Whittle, partner, Hogan Lovells, US, LLP. “We look forward to our future success with DMG.”

For questions, contact Deputy Executive Director, COO Kelli Baxter: kbaxter@drohanmgmt.com or LES Chairman of the Board Jeff Whittle: jeffrey.whittle@hoganlovells.com.

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About LES (USA & Canada): Established in 1965, LES (USA & Canada) is a professional society of nearly 3,000 members engaged in the creation, commercial development, and orderly transfer of intellectual property. LES members include business executives, lawyers, accountants, consultants, and scientists and engineers; and those members represent innovation-oriented enterprises of all sizes, professional services firms, universities, and government labs. LES is a member society of the Licensing Executives Society International, Inc. (LESI), which has more than 10,000 members worldwide among 32 sister societies representing 90 countries. For more information about LES, visit www.lesusacanada.org.

Media Contact:
Joe Cavarretta
Director Marketing & Communications
jcavarretta@drohanmgmt.com
(703) 234-4095

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