Association Headquarters

Accreditation

AMCi Accreditation
Association Headquarters (AH) has earned association management company accreditation from the Association Management Company Institute (AMCI) and was one of the first six, from a group of more than 600 association management companies, to achieve charter accreditation from AMCi.

AMCi is the trade association representing the business owners of Association Management Companies (AMCs). In recent years, the AMCi developed a quality based industry performance standard all AMCs could be measured against. AMCi worked with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop a “Standard of Good Practices for the Association Management Industry.”

This ANSI/AMCi Standard, demonstrates to existing and potential clients Association Headquarters has achieved professional industry accreditation by completing a detailed process and plan audited by a third-party CPA firm. The Standard requires high quality performance for practical areas of client service, such as the contract and service set-up process, service delivery needs, external/internal client communications, financial and records management, insurance criteria, employee recruitment, development and review, and subcontracting/purchasing requirements.

As an AMCi Accredited Association Management Company, AH is required to have:

• Measurable performance requirements achieved through process, controls and systems
• Formalized client association communications/interactions in place
• A commitment to ongoing employee training and education
• Extensive verifiable financial controls in place
• Comprehensive insurance coverage to protect its client associations
• Successfully completed an independent external audit demonstrating compliance to a consensus-based standard

For more information about AMCi accredited AMCs see the Accreditation Section of the AMCi Web site.