Association Management Consultants Inc.

Seminar Leader - Tom Abbott, B. Comm., CGA, CAE

Tom is a professional accountant (CGA), a Certified Association Executive (CAE), an international consultant and an author, and has been involved in association management as a volunteer, a senior staff person and a consultant for over two decades. During that time he has worked with over 350 different non-profit groups. He has written articles on association management, the Complementary Governance Model, the Carver Policy Governance Model, strategic planning and effective board/committee operations.

He has spoken at Canadian and US conferences, been quoted in the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) magazine Association and John Carver's newsletter, and presented a nationwide series of seminars for the CSAE.

His firm's consulting clients have included international, national, provincial and local societies such as Shell Employees Federal Credit Union (US), the Assn. of Real Estate License Law Officials (US), the Western US Museums Assn., the Washington Society of Assn. Executives, the Real Estate Council of Ontario, Canadian Bar Assn. (BC Branch), the College of Dental Surgeons of BC, Tourism Vancouver, the Asia Pacific Foundation, the BC Wildlife Federation, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC, the BC Pharmacy Assn., the BC Wine Institute, St. John Ambulance, the Victoria Real Estate Board, the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, Hostelling International - BC Region, the Society of Notaries Public of BC and the Society of Management Accountants of BC.

His areas of consulting include: staff recruitment, strategic planning, Board training and facilitation and policy governance implementation. His firm has also developed the comprehensive INPAC program (Improvement in Non-profit Practices and Controls) which is designed to review and evaluate all vital areas of NPO governance and management and provide an independent report on the strengths of the organization as well as areas where improvements can be effected.

Tom 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".