As of Sept. 1, 2016, Management HQ will begin the transition to provide full-service association management services to NARA.
“NARA is enthusiastic to begin this partnership with Management HQ,” said Tara Lynne Orlowski, president of NARA. “Management HQ was selected based on their ability to deliver high quality services, dedication to fiscal stewardship, and an understanding about the importance of partnership to influence change. The team at Management HQ is driven by values, which align with the mission of NARA and have experiences directly related to the human care regulation fields we serve. While they are a young association management company, the team brings over 35 years of experience and are eager to take NARA to the next level.”
Management HQ will provide NARA a full-scope of association management services, including a central office location and administration, fiscal management, membership development and retention, policy and advocacy services, contracting procurement and execution, governance support, events management, education services coordination, and marketing communications.
“Management HQ brings the background, experience and expertise that will assist NARA in achieving our goals in this next phase of our growth and development,” added Jim Murphy, NARA president-elect. “Together, NARA and Management HQ will further strengthen the foundation of our work, and continue to build a strong set of services and supports for the human care regulation field, benefitting our broad membership as well as the field as a whole. The NARA board of directors is extremely excited about this partnership and the bright future it promises.”
“The Management HQ team is honored to have been selected to support NARA’s incredibly important work,” says Dara Rudick, Management HQ CEO. “NARA members and partners touch so many aspects of peoples’ lives throughout our global community, especially serving the most vulnerable among us.”
About the National Association for Regulatory Administration
The National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) is an international non-profit professional association founded in 1976, representing all human care licensing, including adult residential and assisted living, adult day care, child care, child welfare and program licensing for services related to mental illness, developmental disabilities and abuse of drugs or alcohol. Among NARA’s partners are providers, consumers and their families, regulators, advocates, concerned citizens, business and religious communities, policy-makers, universities, researchers, and allied professionals from the academic, technical and treatment disciplines. NARA’s mission is promote the safeguarding of children, youth and adults through the effective formulation, application and enforcement of licensing statutes and rules; to develop educational materials and professional development resources on regulatory administration appropriate for the general public, licensing practitioners, and educational institutions; and to provide technical assistance to policy makers on the operation and management of the regulatory process. For more, visit http://www.naralicensing.org/.
About Management HQ
Founded in 2012, Management HQ (MHQ) exists to serve associations that are determined to thrive. Driven by the vision of a thriving, vibrant community, MHQ is serves statewide, regional, national and international associations with full-service and project-based management services. MHQ manages and provides infrastructure to professional and trade associations in a range of industries, including identity-based organizations, health care, education, information sciences, and real estate / construction, among others. Management HQ is AMC Institute accredited. For more, visit www.management-hq.com.
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