Her father retired as a membership director of the American Petroleum Institute in Washington.

The membership has dropped by 10 percent and the membership director isn't even permitted to admit it.

"I showed in my testimony that the guild's membership director laid out a map to show her what she needed to do to legitimately qualify," he said.

To meet it, membership directors may start a full-throttle marketing drive, taking advantage of every possibility to attract new members.

Markward held such positions as membership director and treasurer for the Party.

"Our name and logo would be associated with it," said Wayne Haefer, membership director of the association.

Her mother is a membership director at the Chemists' Club in New York.

The bride is the membership director in New York for the Knot, an online wedding site.

During his 27 years as either membership director or director general, the organization's ranks swelled from 835,000 to more than 1.7 million.

Mrs. Crout, 30, is the membership director at the University Club in Washington.