Last year, the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) had a very odd and very public crisis of leadership as the board of directors was caught in a wave of controversy. Now, just over a year later, the PPA has a new CEO. As a bit of a recap of that strange situation , the elected president and vice president from October 2024 were denied their leadership positions by the PPA board. That led to a very public spat between members and the board, which led to an emergency in-person meeting during Imaging USA in February 2025. Described as the “meeting of doom,” attendees described it as being flanked by armed guards and where both sides pointed fingers and blamed each other. In the end, a vote to recall the board failed, resulting in no leadership changes. Today, a new CEO has taken over the reins at PPA: Angela Kurkian.…