SmithBucklin is the world's largest association management company and professional services company, providing flexible, tailored services to more than 320 trade associations, professional societies, technology user groups, government institutes/agencies and corporations. SmithBucklin's mission is to drive growth and build sustained competitiveness for client organizations. Founded in 1949, we employ 750 professionals specializing in all phases of association activity and manage more than $360 million in annual client budgets from offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, and St. Paul, Minn. We are 100 percent employee owned.

Through the years, our professionals have successfully managed hundreds of trade associations, professional societies and technology user groups; delivering unparalleled knowledge and practice to drive value for each client organization.

Full-Service Management

Our approach to supporting our client organizations involves bringing together a client team from an Industry Practice and a combination of service areas. These teams include management, generalists and function-specific professionals skilled in all aspects of volunteer-governed organizations. Each client team is supported by a robust headquarters infrastructure. The staff team, aligned under an industry practice area, is led by a SmithBucklin association executive who serves as the organization’s chief staff executive with the support of a SmithBucklin senior director. Each staff team works closely with the client organization's leadership to plan and execute association initiatives, programs and member services based on the organization's overall mission, strategy and objectives.

Outsourcing Services

We also support standalone associations, corporations and government institutes/agencies with a comprehensive array of outsourcing options. By leveraging specialists across our service units, we offer customized, high-quality and cost-effective solutions to solve short-term problems, seize emerging opportunities, address critical issues, or improve effectiveness in critical projects or functions.

We are driven by our constant commitment to listening carefully to our client organizations and understanding their current needs and future goals. Our people continuously work to ensure that our customized solutions are achieving goals, driving growth and building sustained competitiveness for our client organizations.