MHQ is 6 years old! Recently, I shared with a colleague my original hopes when I launched MHQ in 2013. I hoped for at least one client to serve, and I hoped for some team members to share the great work to be done. In my wildest dreams, I could not have conjured the reality…
Earlier this month, the Management HQ (MHQ) team headed up north for a weekend away at the ARC Retreat Center in Stanchfield, Minnesota. The purpose of the retreat was to allow the MHQ team an opportunity to step outside their routines and have meaningful conversations about the future of the organization and how we can…
Mackenzie Kelley is an account and events coordinator for Management HQ, a Minneapolis-based association management company offering customizable management services to nonprofit associations. Nine years ago, Mackenzie, along with her brother and close friends, started the Memory Mixer: A Party to End Alzheimer’s to honor her mom, who passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2012 at…
Connections to Independence (C2i), an organization which seeks to provide unique programming and advocacy for foster care youth to promote a successful and healthy transition to living independently as they reach adulthood, recognized Management HQ (MHQ) CEO as a Star Partner in their Community of Service. “Dara Rudick, CEO of Management HQ, and her husband,…
Management HQ’s (MHQ) first client, the East Africa Medical Assistance Foundation (EAMAF), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing radiology services at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania. Founded in 1987 by retired University of Minnesota radiologist Dr. Helmut Diefenthal, the EAMAF helps support the Kilimanjaro School of Radiology, the first…
MHQ client, ReUSE Minnesota, which supports sustainable living and reducing waste by connecting individuals and the business community to local, thrifty, and eco-friendly goods and services, hosted their annual meeting on November 14. At the meeting, which drew one of the largest membership turnouts at the association’s event of this kind, ReUSE MN presented on…
Recently, the Management HQ (MHQ) team spent time volunteering with People Serving People in Minneapolis, a regional nonprofit that helps homeless and at-risk children and their families manage crisis situations and build a strong foundation for their long-term success. We were responsible for onsite “Building Beautification” and worked together to clean two rooms that had…
For the second year in a row, Management HQ (MHQ) has been recognized as a Community Partner Ally by AchieveMpls, the strategic nonprofit partner of Minneapolis Public Schools that shares the goal of ensuring every student is career and college ready. The Step Up program of AchieveMpls connects Minneapolis youth ages 14-21 with internships at…
Joi D. Lewis, Ed. D. describes herself as the artist/activist formerly known as Dean Lewis. After a twenty plus year career in higher education Dr. Joi (who many fondly call her) became the founder and CEO of Joi Unlimited, Coaching and Consulting, a crisis, conflict, and change management firm specializing in transformation of self and…
Management HQ (MHQ) is pleased to introduce our new account and membership coordinator, Michael Mensinga. Michael brings several years of account management experience to his role of account and membership coordinator. In his role Michael serves clients through stellar, strategic account management and drives membership development and retention for client associations. He is also focused…