New Faces

Associations are my passion. Little did I know when I moved from Ohio to Chicago some 25 years ago that I would enter a new career in association management.

It all started when I worked as a childcare specialist helping families in the Chicagoland area find childcare and providing childcare experts with needed training. I quickly learned that my strengths included project management, committee support, and planning events. This led me into my work with SmithBucklin. SmithBucklin is a for-profit management company that manages not-for-profit associations.

I spent 21 years working on a variety of associations and leading teams focused primarily in membership and operations, governance, financials, team management, committee, and chapter support.

As I was conducting my job search, the Director Membership and Chapter Relations position was posted for ASHI. One of the reasons I found ASHI interesting was the direct similarities to the two groups I managed while at SmithBucklin. Those two associations were the National Association of Fee Appraisals (NAIFA) and the American Ladder Institute (ALI). My work included obtaining CE approvals for the appraisers and serving as the Secretariat of the American Ladders standards committee.

I look forward to bringing my association experiences and best practices to the ASHI team, board, membership, and the community.

I am a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently live in the Chicagoland area with my family, two cats, and two gerbils. I look forward to getting to work with all of you!