Minneapolis, Minn. – April 29, 2026 – Management HQ (MHQ), an accredited, full-service association management company, announces that the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) has selected MHQ to serve as its association management partner, beginning May 2026.
“ASECS is a community of scholars who care deeply about the quality of the work we do together, and we needed a management partner who understood that,” said Misty G. Anderson, ASECS’ board president. “The Board researched many different options for leadership support and feels very excited about MHQ. They have a deep background with scholarly societies like ours and a great team, including our long-time conference assistant. We will be working with them actively as a Board to serve our members, support our journals, and host a great annual meeting.”
MHQ will deliver full-service association management services to ASECS, including an executive director, strategic guidance and managing all aspects of the association’s business: accounting and financial management; membership development and retention; board and governance support; marketing communications; technology and database support; annual meeting event management; and office administration.
“We at MHQ are honored to support the work of ASECS, a scholarly society dedicated to the study of the eighteenth century,” said Dara Rudick, MHQ CEO. “We are so pleased to support this association’s impactful board of directors who are committed to engaging future generations, and sustaining an inclusive, welcoming culture where members openly exchange ideas.”
“As I prepare to step into the presidency in the summer of 2026, I look forward to this partnership,” said Elena Deanda Camacho, First Vice President. “MHQ brings both the operational expertise and the genuine appreciation for academic community that ASECS deserves.”
About Management HQ
Driven by the vision of a thriving, vibrant community, Management HQ (MHQ) is a woman-owned, world-class management company that has delivered customized services since 2013. MHQ is an AMCI-accredited, government certified, full-service management company. MHQ’s diverse team approaches its work through a lens of equity. MHQ supports boards and public sector leaders so clients can focus on mission. MHQ manages the full business of client membership-based organizations and provides project-based services to associations and government entities. For more about MHQ, visit https://www.management-hq.com/.
About ASECS
The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, established in 1969, is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Our members are literary scholars and writers, historians, theorists of gender, race, sexuality, disability, nation and empire; philosophers and political theorists; art historians and artists; musicologists and musicians; theater historians and practitioners; biographers and bibliographers; and specialists in other humanistic, artistic, and social scientific fields with a range of broad and more particular interests. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment in which all members participate fully in the exchange of knowledge and ideas. For more about ASECS, visit https://asecs.org/.
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