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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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.

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