#42 Dale Denham

PPAI – President/CEO

2022 Rank: #48

Industry Experience: 28 Years

Previous Appearances on Power 50: 2

Now in his second full year running the industry’s largest nonprofit association, Dale Denham has seen the highs and lows that often come with making necessary changes to long-standing entities: He’s overhauled and bolstered PPAI’s editorial, education and events teams, and executed what was, by all accounts, a successful Vegas show in January. Denham has made other changes at PPAI, which many welcome as long overdue and critical to the association’s ongoing vitality and relevance, while others bristle at the growing pains. Denham scored points with industry pros who took this year’s Power 50 survey for keeping his head down, staying focused and ploughing forward to achieve the goals set forth by PPAI’s board and members, such as hiring a dedicated ESG staffer at the director level.