The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) selected MHQ to serve as its association management partner, beginning July 2017.
“ADEC is very pleased to join forces with MHQ,” said Dr. Ramona Fernandez, ADEC President. “We believe MHQ to be the right management company as we grow and expand our reach into a global community of professionals.”
MHQ will provide to ADEC executive leadership, strategic guidance, and run all aspects of the association’s business –finance and accounting, marketing communications, membership development and retention, conference and event management, fundraising and development, and will administer its international accreditation program.
“We chose MHQ from among many worthy candidates because MHQ has the right mix of personable staff, entrepreneurial mindset, and a commitment to helping organizations to grow and thrive,” said Fernandez. “And, frankly, they are a group of people we can see working with in a warm, collegial spirit.”
MHQ will provide interim executive leadership to ADEC while managing a broad, international search for a permanent executive director who will join the MHQ staff team.
“Our team is thrilled to be working with ADEC,” said Dara Rudick, MHQ CEO. “They are clearly an association with an invested board and a dedicated volunteer base. And the work of their members is deeply important to the well-being of everyone in our global community.”
“We at ADEC are very much a relationship-driven organization, so having an association management company that also cares about us as people and what we do, and can connect on a human level, is very important,” said Fernandez. “MHQ offers the right mix of meeting our business needs and connecting with our spirit of service.”
About Management HQ
Management HQ (MHQ) is an accredited, full-service association management company headquartered in Minneapolis. Driven by the vision of a thriving, vibrant community, MHQ provides management services and infrastructure to statewide, regional, national and international professional and trade associations. Specializing in the human services sector, MHQ primarily serves mental and primary healthcare associations; identity-based groups; and associations in the education and information services industries. MHQ is driven by our four core values of Compassion, Openness, Service and Integrity. For more, visit www.management-hq.com.
About ADEC
The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) The Thanatology Association®, is one of the oldest interdisciplinary organizations in the field of dying, death and bereavement. Its nearly 2,000 members include a wide array of psychologists, counselors, social workers, educators, researchers, hospice personnel, clergy, and volunteers. The primary goal of ADEC is to enhance the ability of professionals to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling. For more on ADEC, visit www.adec.org.
