Karen Thompson
Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, Editorial Consultant

Karen has been working with non-profit and trade associations since 1995. In addition to her role as editor of the IAEM Bulletin for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Karen manages Web site content for several ASMI associations, including IAEM, the National Association of Government Communicators, and the National Association of State EMS Officials. She is proficient in newsletter writing, editing and production, web site management, and committee/work group staffing and management. Karen manages online elections and surveys for several clients, as well as the IAEM awards competitions. A graduate of Midwestern University with a B.A. in English and Journalism, Karen served the State of Texas with Services to the Aged & Disabled from 1974-1989, the last 10 years as supervisor of staff in seven counties, providing Texas Medicaid Eligibility and Protective Services for the Aged & Disabled. Moving into the realm of technical writing in 1990, Karen held a position as senior technical writer at AmSouth Bank. In 1995, Karen moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where she began working in the association management world. She was account manager in the public relations and marketing division of a large association management firm, where she worked with nearly all of the 45 non-profit and trade associations managed in its Washington office. She served as editor of newsletters, magazines and journals for a variety of associations that included Lamaze International, the Museum Trustee Association, the National Association of Healthcare Access Management, the American Society for Bone & Mineral Research, and the American Society of Hematology. Karen is a board member of her local chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and is a member of the Public Relations Advisory Committee for Tamassee DAR School. She publishes a newsletter and website for her neighborhood's homeowners association. Karen began working with ASMI in 1999.