Curtis serves as President and CEO of the New Hampshire Retail Association (and dually serves as the President & CEO of the Retail Association of Maine). Previously, Curtis was Vice President of Business Development and International Trade for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce He was responsible for the chamber’s International Trade Program with offices in Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan. Additionally, he coordinated the annual VT Business and Industry EXPO, the largest Business to Business tradeshow in Northern New England and managed the Vermont Aerospace and Aviation Association (VAAA), a group formed to support the aviation industry in Vermont and an affiliate of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. 

He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1991 with a B.S. in Business Administration and he received a New York University Certificate in Sports and Event Management in 1993.  He is a 2008 graduate of the U.S Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management and earned his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in January of 2012.

He has previously served on the boards of the Maine Tourism Association, Council of State Retail Associations, National Retail Federation and Maine Society of Association Executives. In 2018, he was honored with the J. Thomas Weyant Award by the National Retail Federation recognizing the state retail association executive of the year.

In his capacity with the New Hampshire Retail Association, Curtis and his team provides association management services to the Retail Association of Maine, Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association, the Maine Pharmacy Association, the Maine Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the New Hampshire Society of Health System Pharmacists.