Tom is a professional
accountant (CGA), a Certified Association Executive (CAE), an
international consultant and an author. He is a member of both the American Society of
Association Executives and the Canadian Society of Association Executives and has
been involved in association management as a volunteer, a senior staff
person and a consultant for over two decades. He is also a member of the
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and a regular presenter at
conferences and meetings.
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Our mission is to help the volunteers and staff in not-for-profit associations
and public sector organizations excel in governance and management.
The only consulting firm in British Columbia specializing in the
not-for-profit and public sector management, governance and staff recruitment.
Tom Abbott is a recipient of the CSAE-BC Dalton N. Murphy,
CAE Award "in recognition of both outstanding and sustained
contributions to the association community".