The Association Strategies, Inc. Team
Our award-winning team is drawn from the top ranks of the nonprofit and association world, giving us a rare understanding of your most nuanced needs. Comprised of search veterans, senior association management executives, human resources professionals, research scientists, and organization development specialists who collectively have logged decades in their industries, we employ extensive outreach and research capabilities. Active in professional societies and serving on non-profit boards, we are steeped in current best practices and understand benchmarking in a way no one else does.
PAMELA KAUL: President and Founder
Quote: “A committee can make a decision in a
matter of hours, but the consequences of that decision are felt for
years to come. There’s a lot at stake for the organization and the
candidate as they take that walk down the aisle. Results are
important but it’s about the journey as well. ”
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ELSIE DURLAND: Director Organization Development
Quote: “My work is helping organizations
fulfill their mission as effectively as possible while serving as an
advocate for the staff. That’s a hard balance, but that’s how I look
at what I do.”
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MARY SUE HIMPLER: Director Recruiting and Operations
Quote: “Nothing is cookie cutter. Sometimes you
start looking and you have to take another route, do a little more
digging. It’s good for the client to know that I know it’s not one
size fits all.”
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TRICIA BORK CANAVAN,
Director, Recruiting and Development
Quote: “My greatest satisfaction and reward come from developing a
collaborative and service-oriented relationship with an organization
that has placed its trust in us -- first by learning everything I
can about its culture, needs and goals, and then by working to
exceed its expectations.”
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MICHAEL STRAND, SPHR: Specialist, Executive and Staff Compensation
Quote: “My job is to give the customer the truth. The data is what the data is.” See Full Bio >
AL FISHER: Associate and Survey Consultant
Quote: “Our function is to present vox populi
to top management.”
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BRITTANY BAYLISS: Project Director
Quote: “I measure my
success by quantity and quality, by getting a lot of things done
well. You dot your ‘I’s, you cross your ‘T’s and wrap everything up
as nice little presents.”
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About Us
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Burning Questions

In the first of its original quarterly surveys,
called “Burning Questions,” Association Strategies, Inc.,
discovered that regardless of mission, membership, size or
geographic location associations are feeling challenged by the
same issues.
