ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
ADA is seeking an Executive Director either as a stand-alone employee or as part of a contract with a
small management company which may include some support staff. This individual must be able to
quickly learn and understand issues within audiology profession and ADA's history and place as an
organization within its profession. Additionally ADA's new E.D. must be: well-organized; dynamic;
creative; have a strong, yet friendly, outgoing and engaging personality; have excellent leadership
skills, including team-building; and must be equally at home interacting with ADA members and the
executive and volunteer leadership of other allied professional and industry organizations. As one of
the key "delegates" of ADA, the E.D. should be the long-term agent of the Board and able to provide
stability and continuity. In our small, but intimate profession and industry, ADA's E.D. will establish his
or her own reputation. Finally, this individual needs to be able to provide ADA guidance and
leadership on how to creatively generate revenue over and above membership dues and convention
profit in order to fund important projects that will increase value for our members.
