The AMC Difference

For 35 years, Association Management Center (AMC) has built a solid reputation of trust and long-term dedication to its clients, making it a standout among management companies nationwide. Our talented and experienced team is truly committed to our clients' missions and our staff members take tremendous pride in helping association partners "Achieve What You Believe" by seeing to it that they reach their objectives.

• AMC is owned and operated by the second generation of the Engle family: Scott, Jeff, and Mark. Because our company was founded on the core values of caring, mutual trust, and respect, we approach our association partners with open communication and conduct our business in an equitable and ethical manner. We built our reputation for providing quality services with a business approach that supports the success of our clients and development of our staff, which together lead to the growth of our company.
• We seek long-term relationships with our clients. More than one-third of our association partners have been with AMC for more than 10 years, and we experience very low attrition. Our very first client, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, joined us more than 3 decades ago and remains a committed partner today—a fact of which we are deeply proud.
• We are a very stable company. The average staff tenure at AMC is 5 years, and the average length-of-stay of AMC's executives is 10 years.
• AMC has proven success growing our client organizations, taking them from their current level to the next step and beyond. Working with volunteer leaders, we set a vision for the future, develop a strategic plan for reaching those goals, and base budgets and staffing upon that plan. Our success often involves increasing membership numbers, developing nondues income, and turning break-even and financially draining programs into sources of revenue.
• AMC has the industry's best financial systems in place. With them we will develop detailed budgets, forecasts, and regular reports for every program, product, or service you pursue. We will work closely with new treasurers to orient them to these tools to ensure that they can be as effective as possible in this role. Annual audits validate our sound financial systems and our commitment to total transparency. To date, these audits have not resulted in any recommendations for change.
• Our executives have considerable expertise developing volunteer talent within organizations and we are thought leaders on this topic within the association community. We will work with you to develop the next generation of your leaders and identify ways to make the volunteer experience positive and rewarding for members.
• AMC's principals take an active interest in clients. Each client has a "designated Engle" who ensures that AMC performs at the highest possible levels on the client's behalf. The designated Engle takes a big-picture view of the company and its clients, identifying opportunities that might otherwise become masked by day-to-day operational challenges. The Engles share a passion for each client's mission and inspire staff to help each client thrive and grow.
• Our staff's passion for their profession is evidenced by their involvement in many of the professional organizations that lead the industry, including American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), AMC Institute, Association Forum of Chicagoland, Meeting Professionals International (MPI), Association Media & Publishing (formerly Society of Association Publications, and the American Marketing Association, and International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE). We are innately aware of the challenges volunteer leaders face because we are volunteer leaders ourselves.
• AMC invests in technology and provides client partners with the most current tools in every area, including database, publishing, project management, and Web. We even support clients with custom software tools.
• AMC holds the highest credentials in the industry. We are proud to be a charter American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)-accredited association management company and is accredited by the AMC Institute (formerly the International Association of Association Management Companies [IAAMC]).