National Management Association

In 1919, Charles F. Kettering formed the Foreman’s Club of Dayton in order to provide better structure to the concept of continuing education.

The Foreman’s Club of Dayton was attracting members from a broader spectrum of management and supervisory levels.

The contest involves children in grades nine through twelve where they create and deliver a speech based upon their interpretation of our Free Enterprise system.

Dayton, Ohio was the location of NMA’s national headquarters facility.

Ground was broken in 1969 for the current NMA Headquarters – dedicated forty years later on July 18, 2009, as The Fritz Hauf Memorial Building.