Whalen & Associates

After spending 15 years devoting my talents as an employee to building businesses and nonprofit organizations, I decided it was time to use my talents to build my own business. In 1992, I took a big gulp and an enormous leap of faith and launched Whalen & Associates, Inc. Looking back 16 years later, I am astounded. Looking forward, I am energized.

Over the course of my career, I've had a good fortune of working with boards of directors in both the nonprofit and the private sector as an executive director, lobbyist, staff member, board member, board chair, treasurer, executive committee member, volunteer, trainer and consultant. My experience includes organizational management, marketing, communications, public relations and government relations. I currently focus my energies on strategic planning and board of director activities. Other W&A project teams specialize in market research and communication services. W&A clients include nonprofits, international trade associations, foundations, private corporations, family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, families and individuals. W&A clients represent manufacturing, healthcare, education, engineering, telecommunications, philanthropy, social service agencies, and community service organizations. We work with individuals as well as groups.

Sample projects are:

Facilitated a strategic planning and market research project for an international trade association

Managed a training grant project totaling $1 million and encompassing 90 manufacturing companies for the last 10 years for a manufacturing association

Wrote the script and coordinated the production of the video for an international organization to promote a program that reduces crime

Coached management staff through a succession plan for a national engineering firm

Facilitated a strategic planning project for a small, totally volunteer service organization that was in danger of losing its funding support unless it became more effective

Facilitated a "designing our future" session for an international trade association specializing in signal processing

Facilitated strategic planning sessions for health care organizations during mergers and affiliations

Conducted Board of Directors training sessions to increase their awareness of governance issues and improve their ability to work together as a cohesive unit

Wrote monthly newsletters for manufacturing companies and coordinated the design and printing process