ASTA member and disqualified Board candidate, Alan Fiermonte, has resigned from ASTA citing an impending Executive Committee disciplinary hearing that had been scheduled for later in August.
Fiermonte responded with a statement, “As a small business agent advocate, I fervently believe that I have not violated any bylaws, rules, or duties to any of the trade associations to which I belong. I can no longer sustain my industry reform and advocacy efforts under these conditions. I wish all parties well with the significant challenges that threaten small business agency disintermediation, unprofitability and extinction."