Oliver Yandle JD, CAE

Oliver Yandle, JD, CAE, is president & CEO of the Arizona Society of CPAs, where he represents a membership of approximately 4,600 CPAs and leads a staff of 12. Yandle previously served as executive director of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), the largest international organization providing support to people in the legal management profession. He has held CEO-level positions for a number of other professional service and trade associations. He is active in both the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), where he holds the Certified Association Executive designation, and the Association Forum of Chicagoland, where he served as Chair of the Board of Directors. He has been recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as a member of the first class of Chicago's Notable LGBTQ Executives. Yandle is a native of Louisiana and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Loyola University of the South in New Orleans, and a JD from Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, D.C.