Lorna D. Christie, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Lorna Christie joined PMA in 2002. As Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Christie directs the activities of PMA staff responsible for enhancing member and industry value. This staff team is responsible for membership recruitment and retention, PMA events, product development, government relations, industry technology and standards, public relations, marketing communications, volunteer activities and business development.

Ms. Christie is an accomplished spokesperson and marketing and public relations strategist, with proven crisis management and mitigation experience ranging from food safety issues to industry wide ethics.

Ms. Christie's career experience includes senior management roles in corporate, public and government organizations. The majority of her career was spent in Washington, D.C., as vice president, consumer affairs for the Direct Marketing Association. She also served under the George H.W. Bush Administration in the Office of the Special Advisor to the President, United States Office of Consumer Affairs, where she held the position of associate director for industry and international affairs.

Email Lorna at: lchristie@pma.com