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Franck Schuurmans, Ph.D., CAE
Director, Non-Profit Practices
Franck Schuurmans is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Non-Profit Practices for Decision Strategies International. He is a highly acclaimed, dynamic speaker and author of numerous influential industry reports. Dr. Schuurmans works both with corporate clients as well as with leading non- profit organizations. His areas of expertise are retail finance, governance and the non-profit sector, with a special interest in executive training workshops, board governance and strategy development.
Schuurmans received his MA from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. As a Fulbright Fellowship recipient, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. He taught there for several years as a full-time faculty member, and conducted research.
Until 2002 he was the senior vice president of Business and Professional Development for the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) in Madison, Wisconsin. At CUES he was in charge of all research and professional development, playing a critical role in transforming CUES into the industry’s thought leader. Specifically, he helped expand the CUES-CEO Institute by working closely with several leading academic institutions, such as Berkeley, Cornell and Wharton. This Institute has become the industry gold standard in executive education, with over 500 alumni in senior positions. Franck is a Certified Association Executive (CAE).
With Prof. Paul Schoemaker and others he most recently co-wrote 2010 Scenarios for Credit Unions. He is also the co-author of various Industry Scenario reports including: “Scenarios for the Future of Human Resources Management”, commissioned by the Society of Human Resource Management; “2020: The Future of the Legal Industry”; “The Long and Winding Road, Histories of Aging and Aging Services in America, 2006-2016” and “Memories of the Future, Scenarios for the Life Insurance Industry”. Schoemaker and Schuurmans jointly wrote, “Opportunity in Uncertainty: Techniques for turning an Unpredictable Future to your Advantage” published in Association Management.
Schuurmans is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetings throughout North America and Europe. He is a periodic guest lecturer at the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and at The European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP) at INSEAD in Paris, one of Europe’s leading business schools. Dr. Schuurmans interests are in strategic planning, decision-making, innovation and corporate governance.
Key clients include: AAHSA, ASAE, BAT, Fidelity, Glaxo Smith Kline, Heijmans Vastgoed, Investors Group Canada, LIMRA, ManuLife, Merrill Lynch National Court Reporters Association, New York Life, Pfizer, SHRM, Selective Insurance, Westar Energy and many Credit Unions in the US, Canada and the Caribbean (Navy FCU, Kinecta, Community Savings, etc.).
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Director, Non-Profit Practices
Franck Schuurmans is a Senior Consultant and the Director of Non-Profit Practices for Decision Strategies International. He is a highly acclaimed, dynamic speaker and author of numerous influential industry reports. Dr. Schuurmans works both with corporate clients as well as with leading non- profit organizations. His areas of expertise are retail finance, governance and the non-profit sector, with a special interest in executive training workshops, board governance and strategy development.Schuurmans received his MA from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. As a Fulbright Fellowship recipient, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. He taught there for several years as a full-time faculty member, and conducted research.
Until 2002 he was the senior vice president of Business and Professional Development for the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) in Madison, Wisconsin. At CUES he was in charge of all research and professional development, playing a critical role in transforming CUES into the industry’s thought leader. Specifically, he helped expand the CUES-CEO Institute by working closely with several leading academic institutions, such as Berkeley, Cornell and Wharton. This Institute has become the industry gold standard in executive education, with over 500 alumni in senior positions. Franck is a Certified Association Executive (CAE).
With Prof. Paul Schoemaker and others he most recently co-wrote 2010 Scenarios for Credit Unions. He is also the co-author of various Industry Scenario reports including: “Scenarios for the Future of Human Resources Management”, commissioned by the Society of Human Resource Management; “2020: The Future of the Legal Industry”; “The Long and Winding Road, Histories of Aging and Aging Services in America, 2006-2016” and “Memories of the Future, Scenarios for the Life Insurance Industry”. Schoemaker and Schuurmans jointly wrote, “Opportunity in Uncertainty: Techniques for turning an Unpredictable Future to your Advantage” published in Association Management.
Schuurmans is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetings throughout North America and Europe. He is a periodic guest lecturer at the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and at The European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP) at INSEAD in Paris, one of Europe’s leading business schools. Dr. Schuurmans interests are in strategic planning, decision-making, innovation and corporate governance.
Key clients include: AAHSA, ASAE, BAT, Fidelity, Glaxo Smith Kline, Heijmans Vastgoed, Investors Group Canada, LIMRA, ManuLife, Merrill Lynch National Court Reporters Association, New York Life, Pfizer, SHRM, Selective Insurance, Westar Energy and many Credit Unions in the US, Canada and the Caribbean (Navy FCU, Kinecta, Community Savings, etc.).
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