Michael J. Nizankiewicz has over 38 years of association executive leadership and organization development experience.

Prior to becoming an Affiliated Consultant with Transition Management Consulting, Mike served as the executive director of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. He was also the President and CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America, spent 19 years in progressive senior management positions for the American Heart Association; seven years with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and began his career with a New England public relations and marketing firm. While in these organizations he has: consulted with association leaders throughout the U.S. on leadership and organization change issues; facilitated scores of training workshops; created a first-in-the-world interactive cardiovascular education center; won national awards for creative community education projects, and received multiple awards for outstanding service to many communities including the Key to the City of Manchester, NH. All of the organizations he has led grew in impressive measures under his stewardship. One of the key reasons for his successful career has been a passion for identifying and emulating core leadership competencies, thus, increasing the capacity of the association.

He has served on the boards of such organizations as United Way, the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, and the National Health Council. Within ASAE, he was Co-chair of the Key Professional Associations Committee (KPAC), the ASAE Ethics Committee, and the CAE Action Team as an instructor of association governance and structure.

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he received his Ph.D. in Business Management from LaSalle University, his Masters of Arts degree in Voluntary Agency Management from Central Michigan University, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption College.