Washington, D.C. – Vivian Parsons, Executive Director of the County Commissioners Association of West Virginia, was recently honored by the National Council of County Association Executives (NCCAE) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) for graduating from the Certified County Association Executive Program.

The Certified County Association Executive Program (CCAEP) is a structured continuing education curriculum for the professional development of executive directors of county state associations. The
program is structured to comprehensively train county association leaders to be fully knowledgeable of leadership and association challenges and better prepare them to find ways to address emerging issues. The CCAEP is sponsored and credentialed by the NCCAE and Cornell University with the support of the
National Association of Counties.

The CCAEP has a core curriculum including budgeting, human resource management, effective board relations, succession planning, advocacy, media relations and leadership skills and strategies. These are supplemented with electives, training sessions and continuing education courses designed to assist association leaders in serving their constituents their members to the best of their ability.