Association Management Consultants Inc.

Our Firm

Tom Abbott

Company president, Tom Abbott, B.Comm., CGA, CAE is the creator of the Complementary Model of board governance. He has been awarded the Dalton N. Murphy, CAE Award by the BC Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Executives. The award was granted to him "in recognition of both outstanding and sustained contributions to the association community". The firm specializes in providing consulting services to not-for-profit and public sector organizations and since 1987 has assisted over 450 local, provincial, national and international organizations in the areas of staff recruitment, board training, meeting facilitation and organizational effectiveness reviews.

• AMC is the only consulting firm in British Columbia specializing in staff recruitment for not-for-profit and public organizations.
• AMC is the only consulting firm in British Columbia specializing in not-for-profit and public sector management and governance.

Our Mission

To help the volunteers and staff in not-for-profit associations and public sector organizations excel in governance and management.

Our Areas of Expertise

• Beyond Carver: The Complementary Model of Board Governance
• Three Governance Models-The Traditional, the Carver and the Complementary Models
• Staff Recruitment
• Strategic Planning
• INPAC Organizational Effectiveness Reviews (Improvement in Non-profit Practices And Controls)

Our Goals

• To keep abreast of "best practices", trends, and ideas that can improve the quality of management and governance in the not-for-profit and public sector.
• To incorporate these improvements into the way our firm operates and the services we provide.
• To disseminate these improvements to not-for-profit and public sector organizations and managers.
• To provide exceptional service to our clients.
• To professionally fulfill our commitments to our clients.