Leigh Wintz, CAE

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Consulting Accomplishments A skilled facilitator with an energetic style and sense of humor, Leigh has worked with clients to:
	implement modern board governance techniques that empower staff to do achieve results and keep boards focused on the future and strategic decision making;
	identify and overcome barriers to organizational effectiveness in governance, staffing, communications, and programs;
	secure support for acceptance of significant organizational change, such as restructuring, governance redesign, strategic planning outcomes, name changes and dues increases;
	train volunteer and staff leaders to be more strategic in focus; linking market research to strategic planning.

Association Management Experience
Leigh is still a practicing association executive. In addition to consulting, she is CEO of Soroptimist International of the Americas, a professional and executive women's organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. She has held this position for the past 13+ years. Prior to this position, she was executive director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and a senior manager of several different health care organizations. Her practical and real-world advice to associations is borne out of her ongoing interaction with the ever-changing challenges that face non-profit organizations in today's world.

Education and Professional Involvements
A Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), she is chair of the Fellows Selection Committee. She served on ASAE's board of directors for three years and in 1992 won ASAE's international management award. Active in other professional organizations, she has served on the board of directors of the Delaware Valley Society of Association Executives and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). She is currently chair-elect of PCMA.

In addition to being a certified association executive (CAE), Leigh is a professional registered parliamentarian (PRP) who specializes in writing or revising bylaws and presiding at conventions. A graduate of George Mason University with a master's degree in administration, she is a frequent speaker and workshop facilitator on management, parliamentary pearls and perils, women's issues and international meeting planning.

As a Senior Associate in Tecker Consultants, LLC, Leigh Wintz, CAE is President of Leigh Wintz Consultants, Ltd.

To learn more about how Leigh and Tecker Consultants can help your organization,
contact us at 215.493.8120.