Susan Cabrera, Managing Director – Susan spent her formative years living in South East Asia and traveling the world. She speaks Malay and Spanish almost fluently, although she uses her Spanish much more often. Susan began her career in the association industry as an intern at the Travel Industry Association while attending American University in Washington, D.C.  After graduating in 1986, she headed west to California where she worked for Doubletree Hotels and gained the “hotel perspective” before going back to her first love, associations.  She worked for the Orange County Bar Association managing twenty small specialty sections.  Later, she also managed a company that provided customized continuing education for professionals in small or sole practitioner firms.  After moving to Florida in 1992, Susan managed three medical societies.  Prior to starting Association Management Resources, seven years ago, she also managed two specialty sections and one division at The Florida Bar. Susan is active in the association industry and maintains close relationships with industry partners in Canada, Europe and Asia. Throughout her career, Susan has stressed the concept of individual service and personal commitment to each member and client. In addition, Susan volunteers extensively in the Leon County community and resides on the Boards of several regional charities, including Leon County Humane Society, Relay for Life, Alzheimer's Project, among others.

Katie Fitzgerald, Director of Membership/Continuing Education  - As associate director, Katie's duties include management of membership and certification for clients, strategic communication with client boards, course management for continuing education seminars, and general support for the clients with whom she works directly., Katie's extensive customer service background lends itself to enhancing her skill set while working in her main role as direct support to the president of AMR in the growth and management of new clients. Katie has been with AMR for five years. Prior to her career at AMR, Katie served as a program administrator at The Florida Bar, and as office manager for a large staffing company where she managed a sizable staff and had daily interaction with clients and candidates.

Kari Glisson, CAE, Account Executive - Prior to graduation from Florida State University in 2000, Kari began working with several local and regional non-profit organizations while interning at a local communications firm. She has been with AMR since 2003 when she began her career in association management as membership coordinator. In early 2005, Kari moved into an Account Manager position for several professional academies and societies. She assists our association clients with governance, board and committee development, strategic planning and implementation, new initiative development, and event coordination, as well as marketing & communications. Internally at AMR, Kari works with our team to review, improve and implement policies and best practices, and research new media and innovations in electronic communications. She earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential in 2008. The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry.

Al Rothstein, Media Relations - Al is the president of Al Rothstein Media Services, Inc., which offers strategic media relations campaigns and media interview skills training.  He is a member of the American Society of Association Executives Communications Counsel. For the past ten years, his firm has served national associations.  Among them are the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Association of Blood Banks, American Association of Laboratory Animal Science, American College of Dentists, Florida Dental Association, and the Mountain Plains Health Consortium. Al has 25 years of experience as an investigative and legal reporter in television, radio, newspaper, and as a public relations spokesperson.

Julie Tennyson, Information Technology - Julie has 15 years of experience with computers and networks in the LAN/WAN environment.  In addition, she created training materials and has instructed over one-hundred classes. Julie is responsible for computer setup of training facilities, migrated systems using IBM's LAN Server to Windows server environment, and is the network administrator for 100 users throughout the state of Florida. Certification: A+, MCSE Windows 2000.

ANCILLIARY STAFF

Diane Doll, PAC Administrator - Before coming to AMR, Diane managed a law firm that specialized in lobbying. Her experience in political action committees and committees of continuous existence is exceptional. She has a tremendous number of contacts in various departments of state government and has cordial relationships with the IRS. Her attention to detail and knowledge of reporting requirements makes her an invaluable member of the AMR team.

 

Elizabeth Babski, Babski Creative Studios - Elizabeth is the co-owner and creative director for Babski Creative Studios, a full-service publishing and graphic design studio serving the needs of Associations and Small Businesses.  She specializes in bringing unique creative solutions to newsletters, magazines, meetings brochures and marketing materials for clients like AMR.

 

Jon Johnson, Johnson & Blanton – Legislative Advocacy - Jon is president of Johnson and Blanton, a Tallahassee-based lobbying and government relations consulting firm.  He has been involved in the political arena for over ten years. In 1989, Governor Bob Martinez appointed Jon as executive assistant secretary at the Department of Professional Regulation.  Following his career in public service, Jon became Director of Government Relations for the Florida Medical Association.  He coordinated the associations’ state agency relations and was the lead lobbyist on issues such as Workers Compensation, managed care and professional regulation. 

 

Jackie Watson, CPA – Accounting - Jackie Watson has been in public practice for over 11 years. Prior to that, Jackie spent more than 20 years as the chief financial officer of a public company listed on the American Stock Exchange. Jackie focuses on personal, corporate, and non-profit tax planning and preparation, as well as business consulting. She graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor's and a master's degree in accounting. Jackie is a member of both the AICPA and FICPA.

 

CaduceusWebs  Co. - Website Development: CaduceusWebs is an IT company formed in 1997 by a group of IT professionals with an interest in assisting the association community to move in a broad way onto the Internet. To date they have built hundreds of association websites, and have consulted or managed many more. Their unique educational backgrounds allow them to work with our clients at a collegial level much higher than normal web management companies can.