AMC is short for Association Management Company. A professional AMC helps guide your organization to achieve the goals and objectives outlined by your leadership. This typically includes membership growth, conference organization and growth, financial management, governance and advocacy. We know association management and strive to give our client volunteers the time to focus on the direction and sustainability of your organization and industry. Our goal is to help our client organizations flourish and succeed.
Internal Director vs. AMC
An executive manager or director is a great first step for a growing organization but this is only one person (and still someone you have to manage). Working with an AMC connects your organization with our dedicated and experienced team. Oak Ridge will provide solutions to your organization based on your needs. We can provide support from a team beyond anything a single person can do. This ensures you have the support and guidance to best serve your membership, increase your impact and grow your organization.
Long-term Partner
An individual’s circumstances change and this can mean you’re looking for a new director every couple years. Working with an AMC means you have a long-term partner that will grow and evolve with the current board and boards to come, creating continuity.
Dedicated Staff
While you have the whole Oak Ridge team behind your organization’s success, every client is assigned a specific staff person or persons, based on your needs.
Specialized Services
It is impossible to expect one person to have the specialized skills in all the areas your evolving organization needs. With an AMC, having access to our whole team means you have a wealth of collective expertise ready to help you with whatever you need.
Cost Effective
All our association clients share the same suite of services and resources meaning you have everything your organization will need, for a lot less money than if you were to outsource tasks and responsibilities independently.
More than 30 years ago, Betsy responded to a classified ad in the newspaper for something called an “association management company,” and she has been in the association management field ever since! Betsy has worked for associations of various sizes (100 to thousands of members) and scopes (local, state, national and international). She joined the staff of the Tennessee Bar Association in 1993 as the Young Lawyers Division Director. Ten years later, she was hired as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Society of Association Executives.
Annette Miller currently serves as Conference and Association Manager at Oak Ridge AMC.
Teresa Roland is Education Director at Oak Ridge Association Management. She comes from the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA). Teresa was with AOMA for 15 years starting as an Administrative Assistant and working her way up to the Director of Education. Prior to AOMA she worked at AT&T and High Achiever’s Network.
Before joining Oak Ridge in 2024, Jenna owned and operated her own small business, Drunken Donuts. From creating over 40+ recipes for her mini donuts with an alcohol glaze to streamlining logistics to designing all brand content, Jenna truly did it all. Through this, she discovered a passion for marketing, branding and events. In 2021, she joined The Family Center, a local non-profit, working in Marketing and Development creating all marketing materials and organized all fundraising event logistics.
Pat Owings has been in the event industry for over a decade. Pat is responsible for the financial oversight of Oak Ridge AMC as well as their sister company, Maple Ridge Events, an events company. The synergies between the two companies make Oak Ridge especially well equipped to handle annual meetings and conferences. Pat has spent 15 years in technical sales covering the globe in the synchronization market. Prior to joining Oak Ridge, Pat had launched a successful Inbound Marketing company that continues to serve the community today.