The Executive Learning Lab:
Secure. Scale. Serve.
June 25th, 2026
Secure your foundation, scale your impact and serve your mission, with AI, cybersecurity, and training all working together.
AI is already here. Your plan just needs to catch up.
Your organization exists to serve a mission. The question isn’t whether AI has a role in that, but how to bring it in thoughtfully, securely, and in a way your whole team can sustain.
Which tools actually move the needle for an organization like yours? How do you protect your member data while still moving fast enough to matter? How do you build the kind of internal culture where your staff grows with the technology instead of resisting it?
These aren’t questions with easy answers. But they get a lot clearer when you’re in a room with people who are working through the same things.
What you’ll walk away with
- An AI roadmap you can actually use, built for how your organization operates and what you’re trying to accomplish.
- A practical approach to cybersecurity that’s proportional to your real risk, not your worst-case fears.
- A training strategy your staff will follow, and a clearer picture of how to sustain it.
- And the people in the room. Association and nonprofit leaders working through the same questions you are. That conversation doesn’t end when the event does.
Who this is for
- Senior leaders responsible for making smart technology decisions without leaving their teams behind.
- IT directors who need the language and peer proof points to bring their leadership team along.
- Anyone who’s sat through enough vendor pitches to know they want something different.
Featured Speakers
Reggie Henry
Chief Information and Performance Excellence Officer at ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
Amy Gavin
Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, American Society for Nutrition
Greg Starling
Doyon Technology Group’s Head of Emerging Technology
Tom Mercer
President and GM, Doyon Technology Group
Monica Pemberton
Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the American Council on Education (ACE)
Aimee Pagano
Director of Programming, HighRoad Solutions
Clare Espina
General Manager, designDATA
Phillip Jackson
CIO, Arctic IT
Session Videos
Leading Through IT:
Technology, People and What It Actually Takes
with Clare Espina
30 Years at the Intersection of Association and Technology:
A Conversation
with Reggie Henry
From Why to What Now:
A Candid Conversation on Leading AI Adoption
with Aimee Pagano & Amy Gavin
Beyond the Chatbot:
Getting AI to Actually Earn Its Keep
with Greg Starling
Getting Started:
A 7 Step Process for Rolling Out AI Across Your Whole Organization
with Monica Pemberton
Secure to Scale:
Why Cybersecurity Comes First When You’re Ready to Scale with AI
with Phillip Jackson
The Mission Behind the Technology:
Closing the Loop on Secure. Scale. Serve.
with Tom Mercer
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