Wade Delk.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) has appointed Wade Delk as the executive director of the Center for Organizational Management (CFOM), an association management company (AMC), and as JCAHPO’s director of public affairs. JCAHPO is the world’s largest organization for allied ophthalmic personnel, providing education, certification and accreditation. In 2006, JCAHPO expanded its global initiatives by establishing an international branch.

As CFOM’s executive director, Delk will be responsible for the AMC leadership that currently serves eight associations. He began his work as executive director of the Center for Organizational Management on Feb. 1, 2016 and is based in Washington, D.C.

For more than nine years, Delk was the director of governmental affairs of the National Board for Respiratory Care and Applied Measurement Professionals. In that capacity, he headed the organization and corporation’s legislative initiatives at the federal and state level for the AMC’s association clients. Prior to this, Delk served as executive director of The Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) and for the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

He has served on a Federal Advisory Committee, and numerous think tanks and task forces for various organizations. In his early career, he held positions in associations, the U.S. Department of Commerce and with a national political party. He has special knowledge in the fields of certification and licensure, membership, strategic research and governmental affairs.