Speaker: Michael Reed

Michael Reed, is a founding partner of Bloch Reed Association Advisors. He is an organizational development expert who has spent 25 years working with associations and their leaders. Early in his career, Michael developed leadership and chapter operation programs for two collegiate fraternal organizations and later started a technology company that offered back-office solutions for small and medium-sized nonprofits.

As an association executive, he led membership, certification, and human resources efforts for the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals and for Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals. He has served in a variety of volunteer leadership roles and is currently on the research committee for the AMC Institute, the trade association for association management companies.

Michael’s passion for executive development and his insights regarding organizational culture help leaders drive change and provide greater value to stakeholders. He provides coaching and strategic guidance to executive and volunteer leaders of professional societies, trade associations, community nonprofits and colleges and universities.

Michael is a graduate of San Francisco State University and George Washington University. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where his research interests focus on trust and leader development in nonprofit organizations.