Amy Thomasson

Amy Thomasson is an Executive Director at Affinity Strategies, serving currently as Executive Director for the American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ). She has extensive experience in marketing and communications, membership development, and volunteer engagement; working in a variety of business environments ranging from Fortune 500 to professional associations. She most recently served as Marketing Director at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, a 10,000-member medical society.

Amy is incredibly passionate about volunteerism within the association and nonprofit community, and serves on the Board of Directors for EverThrive Illinois, a community health nonprofit working to improve the health and wellbeing of women, children, and families throughout Illinois. She is also co-chair of Association Forum’s Content Working Group.

Amy has spoken at conferences and events for ASAE, Association Forum, Association Trends, AssociationSuccess.org, PCMA, the Public Relations Society of America, and more. She is also a prolific guest author, who has written more than 30 magazine articles and blog posts for association publications. Amy is a 2018 recipient of Association Forum’s Forty Under 40 ® Award. She has a BA in Communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia, an Executive Leadership certificate from Cornell University, a Professional Fundraising certificate from Boston University, and received her Digital Event Strategist certification from PCMA in 2020.