# Ewald Consulting

> Ewald Consulting is a Minneapolis-based, family-founded association management company that acts as the operating staff behind professional and trade groups. It combines executive leadership, member service, events, education, marketing, accounting, lobbying, sales, and media production under one roof, selling either complete association management or selected services to state, national, and international organizations.

- **Founded:** 1982
- **Headquarters:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Founders:** Doug Ewald (Founder and former Minnesota state legislator)
- **Products:** Full association management, Governance and leadership, Event management, Membership and member services, Professional development
- **Notable:** Founded in 1982 and operating for more than four decades., Reportedly expanded from 20 to 47 association clients - 135% growth - without increasing staff after standardizing on one membership platform., Provides full management for more than 35 state, national, or international associations and describes itself as among the largest 10% of U.S. AMCs.

## Products & services

- **Full association management** — An integrated outsourced staff spanning executive direction, operations, governance, member service, finance, events, education, communications, sales, and advocacy.
- **Governance and leadership** — Strategic planning, operations planning, bylaws and elections support, board logistics, chapter relations, dashboards, and volunteer leadership development.
- **Event management** — Budgeting, site and hotel contracting, registration, conference logistics, sponsorship fulfillment, and in-person, virtual, or hybrid delivery.
- **Membership and member services** — Recruitment, retention, onboarding, data management, reporting, phone, email, and live-chat support delivered in each client’s voice.
- **Professional development** — Certification and certificate programs, continuing-education credit, learning systems, webinars, seminars, mentoring, and program accreditation.
- **Marketing, communications, and Studio E** — Editorial and design work, websites, campaigns, analytics, social media, photography, podcasts, livestreaming, and video production.
- **Accounting** — Budget development, bookkeeping, payables and receivables, monthly reporting, taxes, audits, trend analysis, and financial controls.
- **Government relations** — Lobbying, public relations, coalition building, grassroots engagement, legislative monitoring, and testimony support.
- **Sales and partnership development** — Sponsorship, exhibits, advertising, membership, and event-registration sales plus non-dues revenue strategy and fulfillment.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1982 and operating for more than four decades.
- Reportedly expanded from 20 to 47 association clients - 135% growth - without increasing staff after standardizing on one membership platform.
- Provides full management for more than 35 state, national, or international associations and describes itself as among the largest 10% of U.S. AMCs.
- Completed AMC Institute reaccreditation in 2019.
- Built a sales team credited with more than $40 million in sales in under ten years.
- Reports that new sales clients normally see 10-30% growth; a Minnesota Telecom Alliance example showed 30% event sponsor and exhibitor revenue growth since 2019.
- Acquired Pierre Productions & Promotions in 2023 to expand association advertising, sponsorship, and exhibit sales.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — David Ewald announced he would step away from day-to-day CEO leadership on July 31, remain a partial owner, and hand the CEO role to Amanda Ewald, the third generation and first woman to lead the firm.
- **2026-07** — The firm published analysis of new Minnesota laws taking effect July 1, including school safety, technology, public safety, infrastructure, and social-media provisions.
- **2025-10** — Ewald hosted an Associations Trends Talk on budgeting with confidence.
- **2025-09** — The firm published guidance on creating memorable annual-conference experiences.
- **2023-09** — Ewald acquired Pierre Productions & Promotions to deepen sponsorship, advertising, and exhibit-sales services.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ewald.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ewald-consulting/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ewaldconsulting
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ewaldconsulting
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewaldconsulting/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EwaldConsulting

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Last updated: 2026-09-24