Provided leadership to new organizations and initiatives, including Articles of Incorporation, 501(c)3 tax status, Bylaws, launching websites and other digital resources, hiring initial staff, and establishing administrative infrastructure.
- Founding Executive Director of the National Postdoctoral Association, a start-up nonprofit funded through a grant from the Sloan Foundation with initial oversight from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Launched new two new peer-reviewed journals and multiple conference proceedings as the Publisher of the Linguistic Society of America.
- Oversaw the development of two new websites for different associations.
- Created and implemented first-ever Business Plans and Strategic Plans for two different associations.
- Established new systems and guidelines for governance, office management, human resources, financial administration, technological infrastructure, and related issues for multiple nonprofits.
Alyson served as Executive Director of the NPA for five years, including the two years I served as Chair. Throughout her tenure, Alyson displayed remarkable professionalism, ingenuity, and determination during a very fragile period in our organization’s development. Alyson’s accomplishments are remarkable, given the limited budget, miniscule staff, and ambitious goals set by a board whose members worked all over the country. It was always a pleasure to work with Alyson, and though I was her supervisor, she taught me more about running an organization than I could ever thank her for.
Keith Micoli, Assistant Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs at New York University School of Medicine