Vice President of Membership & Business Development
The Society is the only professional association for the role traditionally known as “Corporate Secretary” although in recent years - largely because of corporate malfeasance and the demand for socially and environmentally responsible investing - what used to be one individual is now often an entire department.
At the Society, I was responsible for the acquisition and retention of the Society’s 3,750 members (we were at about 3,300 when I started) as well as chapter engagement, sponsorship sales and service provider stewardship, creation of new products and services and supervision of all marketing and communications efforts. Depending on the day, I had a staff of two to three.
During my time, we Increased dues revenue by 15% and member count by 14% to over $3MM per year. I established and enforced branding guidelines while launching new marketing plans for certification program, ESG initiative and upcoming 75th anniversary.
