Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from TRSA President and CEO Roger Cocivera’s State of the Association message at TRSA’s 97th Annual Meeting, June 17 in New Orleans.
 
Today is the beginning of a new era for TRSA in a year that has seen the dawning of several new days. In my five years as your president and CEO this last one has been the most eventful, yet the most rewarding. 
 
Early obstacles
 
To say that I entered this job under the best of circumstances would be false. Our meetings ...