Association Management

Leslie Kusek, founder of LMK Consulting, is an entrepreneur who helps other entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.  She brings a keen business sense, a sturdy network of resources, and nearly a decade of experience leading Michigan’s Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS).  With SMPS, she led the programs, marketing and membership committees and served as president for 2 terms (6 years).  Leslie understands how to identify and implement the infrastructure needed to crystallize vision, drive meaningful action and sustain growth, and she understands the challenges of creating and maintaining momentum in a volunteer organization.

We hired Leslie as our part-time Executive Director in August 2009. Within weeks, she had systems in place to organize our board, committees, and activities. She has energized our chapter and has found ways to both educate our volunteers and hold them accountable. She has also implemented an online software package for organizations that maintains the member database, allows online registration for events, and allows us to send out email notices to members. As she has found other ways to improve our chapter she has recommended associates to help move us forward.  We look forward to a long, mutually-beneficial relationship with Leslie.

Dawn Zuber
NARI of Southeast Michigan

SMPS-Michigan worked with Leslie Kusek of LMK Consulting to develop a long-term strategic marketing plan. I was especially impressed with her ability to cut through the clutter and get to the heart of what our organization is striving for and then develop an image and materials to support our goals. Once our plan was in place, Leslie was instrumental in implementing the various facets of the plan. For example, her creative ideas formed the base for the redesign of our website, and all the materials published and distributed by our organization.

In addition to our branding and image redesign, Leslie helped us see the value of forming alliances with other industry organizations. Under her guidance, we reached to those organizations and have seen tremendous results. We are now sharing event information and working with these organizations to develop programs of interest to a broader range of attendees.

Donna Jakubowicz, President
Society for Marketing Professional Services-Michigan

See what else our clients have to say.