David O’Bryon , J.D., LL.D (Hon), F.I.C.C, CAE  is founder and president of O’Bryon & Company. With more than forty years of association and government experience, he has served organizations as an executive, consultant, and volunteer. After working for the United States Congress his nonprofit responsibilities have included policy formulation and imple­mentation for associations; design and management of mem­bership recruitment efforts; development and implementation of government relations strategies and public affairs programs; volunteer and staff recruitment; designing, writing and editing communications/publications; and administrative management of budgeting and financial oversight.

He registered as a lob­byist before the U.S. Congress in 1980 and has been involved in virtually all the major federal legislative initiatives for the chiropractic profession since that time. He has served as Ex­ecutive Director of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) since 1996.

Mr. O’Bryon is a Certified Association Executive (CAE). The Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards honored him last year with its Presidential Leadership Award. In an interview with The American Chiropractor (TAC), Mr. David O’Bryon tells us about the ACC and its part in helping achieve progress for the chiropractic profession.