How I Got Here: Paul Leahy
Associations Now
It's unusual for people to graduate from college and head right into the association world. But that's the case for the current associate director of membership and component relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Paul Leahy
Associate Director of Membership and Component Relations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Washington, DC
It's not common for people to graduate from college and immediately go to work for an association. But that's what Paul Leahy did after finishing up at James Madison University. And now he’s at his second association—the American Immigration Lawyers Association—and in his fifth job role as associate director of membership and component relations. Here's a look at his 11-year association career:
Just because you’re a young professional doesn’t mean you don’t have as much to offer as the baby boomer sitting next to you.—Paul Leahy, American Immigration Lawyers Association
A Working History
2006–2007 Constituent Organization Services Assistant at American Academy of Physician Assistants
2007–2008 Constituent Organization Management Solutions Manager at American Academy of Physician Assistants
2008–2010 Member Outreach Associate at American Immigration Lawyers Association
2011–2013 Component Relations Manager at American Immigration Lawyers Association
2013– Associate Director of Membership and Component Relations at American Immigration Lawyers Association