Bridget McCormack, the Former Jurist Who Led Innovation at the American Arbitration Association As Its CEO, To Step Down for New Opportunity
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Bridget M. McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who joined the American Arbitration Association in 2023 as its president and CEO, helping to spearhead the AAA’s innovation efforts,…
Bridget M. McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who joined the American Arbitration Association in 2023 as its president and CEO, helping to spearhead the AAA’s innovation efforts, particularly with regard to its adoption of generative AI, has announced she is stepping down from that role.
Steve Errick, the AAA’s chief development officer, will move into the role of interim president and CEO starting Oct. 2 as the AAA’s board of directors conducts a formal search for a new CEO.
A press release issued by the AAA this morning did not say where McCormack is going, but provides a quote from her saying that an opportunity came along that she could not turn down.
“An opportunity came along that sits at the intersection of work I have cared about throughout my career: access to justice, institutional innovation, and the potential of technology — especially AI — to fundamentally improve how our justice system serves people,” McCormack said.
“The chance to build something focused specifically on judges, at this moment in the evolution of the technology, felt like an opportunity I could not turn down.”
A spokesperson for the AAA said McCormack’s new organization will be making an announcement in the coming weeks.…
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