June Chapter Meeting with Stuart Binstock

Stuart Binstock has more than 25 years of experience as a senior executive of nonprofit organizations.  Binstock has been a CEO, Executive Director of the educational arm and the head of government affairs for a variety of trade and member associations, all in the construction industry.  He has extensive experience with management issues, including strategic planning, professional staff recruitment, government affairs, educational programming and delivery, financial management, membership development, non-dues revenue growth, program development, and process improvements. Binstock has had considerable success growing programs, membership and revenue for associations.  As a CEO, he increased chapters by 40% by emphasizing the organization’s value proposition, increasing programs and services, and delivering presentations to audiences around the country.  In difficult economic times, he increased revenue and substantially increased reserves by increasing non-dues revenue programs and through careful management of the association’s expenses. His experience in the educational field is vast and deep.  At NECA, he managed a multi-million dollar educational program.  In that capacity, he increased the educational offerings by 100%.  He increased the delivery of programs by moving to webinars and online courses. And, he has taught a number of programs in the field of conflict resolution, nationally and internationally, and facilitated numerous strategic planning sessions for local and national boards of directors with outstanding results. Stuart Binstock has also had a vast amount of experience in the area of government affairs.  He has managed federal legislative and regulatory programs.  He has worked with members of Congress and the White House on legislative issues and chaired a coalition of associations in the construction industry that successfully enacted federal legislation by finding common ground among all of the groups regarding a highly contentious issue. He is a frequent speaker at conferences ranging in size from 100 to 1000.  He has also been interviewed on TV and the radio on NPR. Binstock is a results driven executive adept at moving organizations forward through innovation, entrepreneurship and consensus building among key stakeholders.  He is valued for his direct, authentic communication style and his ability to inspire and motivate boards and members to decisive action.  He is also expert at analyzing and synthesizing both people and situations leading to bottom-line results.