Up to 11.75 CAE Credits forthcoming

Exceptional Boards is an intensive two-day workshop for CEOs and their elected officers to explore strategies for strengthening their working relationship and enhancing the board's performance. Designed specifically for leadership teams, it provides an engaging learning environment where CEOs and elected leaders together will gain insight and resources to improve the effectiveness of board operations and create a strong and vibrant governance team. It is the one program that coaches you on how to build a board that understands its role, fulfills its responsibility, demonstrates visionary leadership, and ultimately leads the organization it represents to new heights.

The workshop covers:

• Strategies for building a cohesive board
• Roles and responsibilities of the CEO and the board
• Creating an effective CEO/board chair relationship
• Developing a leadership team action plan

Exceptional Boards offers you a rare opportunity to step away from the day-to-day routine and discover fresh ideas and approaches for enhancing board leadership. You'll benefit from the facilitators’ knowledge and expertise, but this highly interactive program also engages participants in exercises with their teams. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and engage in open and honest discussions with your officers.

Please note: This program is designed for team participation, requiring at least one staff professional and one board leader to jointly attend.

Accommodations
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
200 Ponte Vedra Blvd
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Phone: (888) 890-6205
Room Rate; $299 ++
Cut-off: January 12, 2026

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Speaker Info

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Debbie Trueblood, MSW, FASAE, IOM, CAE

Lead Consultant, Association Management Center

Debbie Trueblood, MSW, FASAE, IOM, CAE is the Lead Consultant with Association Management Center (AMC). She has been in the association community for 24 years. She served as an Executive Director from 2002 until 2021. As a consultant, she has worked with over 100 associations, supporting them with governance, strategic planning, DEI, and ethics. She serves on the board for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and serves as the 2024-2026 Chair of the National Association of Park Foundations (NAPF). She became a Fellow of ASAE (FASAE) in 2022 and earned her Certified Association Executive (CAE) in 2008. She is on faculty for the ASAE Exceptional Boards program. She was the 2018-2019 Chair of the ASAE Ethics Committee. She is a past chair of the Association Forum's Welcoming Environment Committee. Debbie received her former association’s Diversity Icon Award in 2019 and Association Forum’s “Forty Under 40” award in 2014. 

 

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Mark T. Engle, CAE

AMC Principal, Association Management Center

Mark Engle is a principal with Association Management Center in Chicago, headquarters to 31 associations with a staff of more than 230 talented professionals. Mark studied nonprofit governance and received his doctor of management degree in 2011 from Case Western Reserve University. A frequent author and speaker on governance and high-performing organizations, he served as a CEO for trade associations and professional societies for 29 years. He is a fellow of ASAE and the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Leadership (Case Western Reserve University) and a BoardSource certified governance trainer. Mark has participated in more than 300 board meetings during his career. Written from their 2019 ground-breaking ASAE Foundation governance research, Mark and Will Brown, PhD (Texas A&M University) released a new book, Recruit the Right Board: Proven Processes for Selecting Critical Competencies.

 

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Accessibility

ASAE is committed to providing an outstanding experience for all participants. We strive for full access to the activities of these events based on an awareness of participants' needs and appropriate planning. Please refer to the ASAE Meetings Accessibility Policy. Accessibility accommodations relating to mobility, hearing, vision, or other areas may be provided.

We ask that requests for reasonable accommodations be made as early as possible, and well in advance of the event via the registration process. Onsite requests will be accommodated to the best of our ability; however, available resources may be limited. Please email Learning & Meetings to request specialized accommodation for this program.