Association Specialists

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Kim Oreno, CAE

Senior Director of Operations; Senior Account Executive

Kim Oreno began her career at California Advocates in June 2004 as an Administrative Assistant. Since then, she has worked her way through the various positions and opportunities afforded at California Advocates and now serves as the Senior Director of Operations. She has served several associations in many different capacities including Executive Director of the California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA), Administrative Director of the California Ambulance Association (CAA) and Administrator of Legal Professionals, Inc. (LPI).

During her time at CAMS, Kim has participated in the planning and implementation of countless seminars, conferences and trade shows. She has managed tasks relating to registration, sponsorships, exhibits, speaker coordination, meeting planning, continuing education credit reporting, silent and live auctions and event promotion via print, website, email and social media.

Kim has managed membership for thousands of members belonging to several associations by handling membership recruitment, renewals and reporting membership data to boards and committees. She also has experience with the management of email groups and membership affinity programs.

Kim has managed Board of Director and Committee functions including strategic planning, governance, agenda setting, facilitating of action items, minute taking and reporting leadership actions to association members.

Kim has overseen the production of various magazines, books and brochures and managed advertising campaigns, sales & distribution and publication updates.

Kim is familiar with Political Action Committee (PAC) programs and how to manage and report for them. She has overseen PAC raffles and fundraising efforts. She is also familiar with the intricacies of managing 501(c)3 organizations.

In her free time, Kim enjoys spending time with her husband and their dog and 2 cats. She also enjoys exercising with her friends, working on her house, gardening and reading.