With more than 100 attendees recently taking classes and networking at the University of Maryland, TRSA’s 56th Annual Executive Management Institute (EMI) recently took place along with the 31st Annual Professional Management Institute (PMI), thus reflecting participating companies’ and individuals’ firm commitment to in-person skill development through industrywide collaboration. Both programs ran from Aug. 8-12.

The students who participated also spoke about their respect and admiration for each other, particularly among the 10 graduates of EMI, who advanced through four annual iterations of the program to complete it this year; and four of their PMI contemporaries, who finished after two ...