CAE Certification
Your path to a career in associations.
 The Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation is the most prestigious professional designation for individuals in association management. It is the recognized career path among association leaders and the mark of distinction throughout the profession, elevating professional standards, enhancing individual performance, and identifying and recognizing association professionals who demonstrate the knowledge essential to managing an association in today’s challenging, fast-paced environment.
CSAE is a Registered Provider of CAE programs through ASAE, and is committed to providing education that meets the CAE Commission’s standards for helping individuals earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. In fact, throughout the year, CSAE provides more than 20 CAE credits through our roundtables, which are at no extra cost to members. And, the 2025 Annual Conference provided up to 12.75 CAE credits, providing you numerous opportunities, whether you are building credits to take the exam, or for your renewal.
Heighten professional recognition. Accelerate your career. Become a CAE this year!
Resources
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Upcoming Exam Dates
Exam date: May 1-14, 2026
Application deadline: Friday, February 20, 2026
Exam date: December 1-14, 2026
Application deadline: Friday, September 25, 2026
Preparing for the Exam
Michigan Society of Association Executives Online Study Course
CSAE partners with the Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) to offer a comprehensive and effective CAE prep course that incorporates study guides, reading comprehensive questions, flashcards, and practice tests. Three different courses are available to fit each level of preparedness, including for those taking the exam again. For more information, visit the Michigan Society of Association Executives website: https://www.msae.org/certified-association-executive.
CSAE members can receive up to a 20% discount for the MSAE courses. Contact [email protected] for the discount code.
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From ASAE:The CAE exam is offered in a two-week window in May and December. The test is administered at scheduled test sites throughout the U.S. and internationally at Meazure Learning testing centers. You will have the option of taking the exam from your home or other suitable location with a live remote proctoring option (LRP).
Computer-Based Test
The CAE exam is administered as a computer-based test. You can schedule your exam within a two-week window at a Meazure Learning testing center or home/office via live remote proctoring (LRP). You will have four hours to complete the exam once you begin. Your exam results will be released six weeks after the final day of the testing window. You will not receive results after you complete the exam at a testing center due to the post-exam process. After the test, the questions are analyzed statistically to identify if there are any hidden flaws. Questions that appear to be flawed are reviewed by the CAE Examination Committee to determine how that question should be scored. After these issues are resolved, the test is scored and the results are finalized.
From CSAE:
CSAE has a built-in member benefit as soon as you become a member - we track all of your CAE credits through CSAE programs, and, you can add in other CAE credits too to give yourself a full inventory. The CSAE staff included credits back to 2021 for all members when we launched the new member portal in February of 2025, to provide all members with recent history as well. That record is kept during your membership, so it's yet another benefit of membership with CSAE.
We Celebrate CSAE Members Who Are Certified Association Executives
Tyrone Adams, CAE, Colorado Association of Realtors Inc. and 2021/2022 CSAE Board President
Jeffrey W. Arnold, MAM, CAE, Leading Associations
Timothy E. Blum, CAE, Mission Driven
Mya Lindberg Burns, CAE, Associate Director, Conferences, IASLC
Gillian Harrison Cain, CAE, American Theological Library Association
Craig A. Cheatham, MBA, CMP, CAE, The Realty Alliance
Christian DeSousa, CAE, Obesity Medicine Association
Shelly Dee Fava, CAE, Metropolitan Denver Dental Society
Teresa Fraker, FACHE, RN, CPHQ, CBN, CAE, Obesity Medicine Association
Dr. Lynn Gangone, CAE, Retired, AACTE
Kimberly A. Gill, CAE, Civica Management and 2023/2024 CSAE Board President
Monica Groh, CAE, The Solution
Joan Hablutzel, CAE, Obesity Medicine Association
Allison Hammer, CAE, Western Association of College and University Business Officers managed by Etherio
Michael Hoehn, CAE, IASLC
Paul Hoiberg, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Genny Homyack, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Ann Renee Hutchison, CAE, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
Tim W. Jackson, CMP, CAE, Colorado Auto Dealers Association (Retired)
Sheri L. Jacobs, FASAE, CAE, Avenue M Group LLC
David L. Kanagy, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Sharmion Kerley, CAE, MIPI Alliance
Corinne Knasinski, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Betty Knecht, CAE, Institute of Real Estate Management and Colorado Association of Mortgage Professionals
Ronald Kruzel, MA, CAE, Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Henry C. Kyle III, CAE, The Kyle Group
Laura C. Landwirth, CAE, LeadingAge Colorado
Sharmion Linseisen-Kerley, CAE, MIPI Alliance
C. Diane Matt, CAE, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association
Sarah McVeigh, CAE, LeadingAge Colorado
Allison Mendrys, CAE, Associate Director, National Academy of NeuropsychologyCarl O. Norberg, CAE
Todd Ohlheiser, CAE, Executive Director, Colorado Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association and 2022/2023 CSAE Board President
Melanie J. Penoyar-Perez, CAE, Chief Operating Officer, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.
Grant David Price, MBA, CAE, World Sign Associates
Nikolaus Remus, CAE, AIA Colorado
Kristin Richeimer, CAE, Executive Director, CCAHM
Alex Roth, CAE, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
Dorothy J. Shadrick, MBA, CAE, Civica Management
Stephen E. Shepard Jr, CAE, Denver Metro Building Owners and Managers Association
Leslie Shivers, CAE, Association Pro To Go
Mike Skinner, CAE, National Asphalt Pavement Alliance
Travis Skodak, CAE, American Oil Chemists' Society
Ed Stygar, CAE, ABSA
Taylor Szilagyi, CAE, Colorado Farm Bureau
Joan Tezak, CMP, CAE, Retired Executive Director of CSAE
Ellen Thorp, CAE
Susan Marie Urbanczyk, CAE, American Burn Association
Denise Wagner, MBA, CAE, The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
Jennifer Wissel, CAE, World Sign Associates
Kelsey Marie Wood, CAE, IASLC
Marilee G. Yorchak, MBA, CAE, The Solution
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