Association Leaders Symposium 2025

Jim Meffert

Principal Consultant, Tecker International

Throughout his career, Jim has been a catalyst for growth, redesign, and positive change. He has worked with leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors and is most skilled at building the bridges between them and has helped national organizations move beyond their differences and overcome paralysis by helping them see mutual and connected interests. Jim has rebuilt deeply troubled organizations whilst creating national brand strategy and advocacy frameworks.

Jim has served as Executive Director of the Minnesota Optometric Association, the Jefferson Center and Jefferson Action. His experience also includes working with national medical specialty societies in the Office of Federation Relations at the American Medical Association. Prior to that, he was in charge of federal and state government and chapter relations for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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Cheryl Williams

Senior Consultant, Tecker International

Cheryl leverages more than two decades of Fortune 50, corporate, global nonprofit and consulting experience to help clients thrive by providing best in class coaching, capacity building and communications expertise to mission-driven organizations. Cheryl has dedicated her career to helping organizations plan, develop and communicate to increase their impact. She thrives when she is working to develop breakthrough marketing communications strategies to help organizations refresh and grow their brands, increase their contributed income or enter new markets. When not helping organizations with market and communications, she’s helping them plan strategically and leverage their resources effectively to reach their goals and achieve their missions.

Cecilia Spoor EMIAM

Leadership Programme Director, Association of Association Executives

I look after the leadership activities for the AAE. This involves chairing the Leaders Forums at the UK and the World Associations Congresses, as well the Leaders Summits and identifying other opportunities to support association leaders, for example new programmes and forums to bring Executive Heads together. 

I have been working on the AAE leaders events for eight years, contributed to the leadership aspects of all AAE's activities, and have an Executive Masters in International Association Management from Solvay Business School, Brussels.

Get in touch if you would like to hear more about our leadership activities at AAE or if you would like me to put you in touch with a trusted advisor or another executive director with experience of a particular issue. 
 

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