Governance and Leadership
LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIC PLANNING
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Ewald Consulting can assist you in making progress toward attaining the goals outlined in your strategic plan. An Account Executive helps you define the steps needed to pursue these goals and integrate these into the association’s operations plan.
Our professionals serve in roles such as Executive Director, Managing Director and Associate Executive Director. We coordinate the work of team members in various departments to meet deadlines and get results. We have expertise in chapter relations and special interest groups. Our team also supports in-house executive directors.
Through our Organizational Leadership team, we can maintain and manage your operations, bylaws, training manuals, elections procedures and the logistics of any necessary bylaws updates over time. To help individual volunteers advance their leadership skills, Ewald Consulting offers online and in-person training as well as publications and references to partner resources that help volunteers feel empowered.
A true partner!
“Ewald Consulting has been a tremendous support to me as I transition to a new role on the Executive Committee. Our Executive Director is a wealth of information and provides extremely useful insight and guidance in support of the organization’s mission. Ewald is a true partner, we’d be lost without this support team.”
Data Dashboards
Non-profit associations often come to us complaining of a lack of focus and accountability on strategic plan objectives. One way we address these problems is to create customized dashboards, showing clear comparison datapoints – several pages of highlights, showing strength and growth since the date of the strategic plan.
Boards review the dashboard at the end of each meeting, allowing them to conclude meetings with a sense of focus and finality.
Our Services
- Board meeting logistics
- Chapter annual reporting
- Chapter relations
- Governing document review
- Leadership training
- Market/industry research
- Online community management
- Organizational structure review
- Operations planning
- Salary survey
- Specialty committee management
- Strategic plan mobilization
- Strategic planning facilitation
- Volunteer leadership development
The Team
DAVID EWALD, MBA
PRESIDENTEnjoys cooking, travel and live music. Reader of books (preferably paper).
ERIC EWALD, CAE, MBA
CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICERI love to play guitar and sing, read, and ski race.
DARRIN HUBBARD, CAE, MBA
VP OF BUSINESS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTHobbies include fishing, camping, golfing, reading, and wrangling kids. (Pronouns: he/him)
SARAH EWALD, CMP, QAS, CAE
DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENTInterests include vacations on the North Shore, skiing, and spending time with my 3 sisters.
LAURIE KRUEGER, CAE
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEDescribed by friends and family as the hiker, biker, skier type.
KATIE WALLSTEIN, CAE
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEAmateur baker. Love hiking, concerts, travel, and spending time with friends and family.
VERONICA CROSIER, CAE, QAS
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEMeet me outside! Loves: horses, distance running, SUP boarding and anything with my dogs. (Pronouns: she/her)
ANDREW SPEAR, MBA, QAS
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI enjoy cabin trips in the summer with my family, Nordic skiing in the winter. Explorer of MN breweries and coffee shops.
GRACE AUGHEY, QAS
ASSOCIATE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI love going for walks, running, and hiking! I also love exploring new restaurants and coffee shops. (Pronouns: she/her)
MISSI McLEAN
ASSOCIATE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEMy first love is spending time with my family. I am also a huge football fan and spend my weekends watching college and pro games.
LAURIE PUMPER, CAE
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVELong-time volunteer at the Minnesota Zoo. Loves to read and bike (not at the same time). (Pronouns: she/her)
KATIE GRUBER, CMP, QAS
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEI love to cook and am trying to get into gardening. My husband and I have 5 children so we are running to school events or hockey arenas.
ANNIEKAY ERBY, CAE, MBA
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEThe best professional advice I've received is to treat everyone with kindness and respect. Stay humble and honest.
HEATHER DEJA
OPERATIONS MANAGERWhen I'm not working, I like to hang with my two boys and watch them compete in sports. My oldest plays ice hockey and my youngest plays basketball. Don't mind watching movies or baking for fun.
TIA GRIFFIN
ACCOUNT COORDINATORWhen I am not working, I love spending time with my daughter doing outdoor activities like going to the park, walking trails for scenery, gardening etc. if the weather doesn’t permit an outdoor activity we are likely at a museum or library for educational activities.