Dara Rudick is a certified association executive with more than 20 years’ proven success in serving associations that are determined to thrive. To date, she has engaged dozens of team members to serve 10,000-plus members, implement the vision of 25 boards of directors, manage hundreds of volunteers, and deliver nearly 1,000 stellar events.

As CEO of Management HQ (MHQ), Rudick leads the full-service association management company. Driven by the vision of a thriving, vibrant community, MHQ provides infrastructure to associations and community-based organizations, empowering boards of directors to serve their communities with vision.

She founded and co-chaired the Diversity & Inclusion Committee for Associations North (formerly MSAE, the Midwest Society of Association Executives) and was a founding member of the Commercial Real Estate Diversity Collaborative, a group of trade associations committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity in Minnesota’s commercial real estate industry. She also served on the board of the Better Business Bureau, where she co-chaired the Governance Committee.

Rudick has won recognition for the associations she has led as Top 100 Places to Work by Minnesota Business magazine; has received numerous Awards of Excellence from MSAE for leadership in association management, including the “Volunteer of the Year Award”; and was honored with One Heartland's “Heart of Hope” award for providing vision, dedication and leadership, and health, hope, and happiness to children in need.

Rudick has served as board chair for the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association and sat on The Aliveness Project board and the One Heartland advisory board. She is currently an active member of Associations North, the American Society of Association Executives, NACD, and the Association Management Company Institute.

Rudick earned her bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College. She has done master’s-level coursework in the University of St. Thomas’ MBA department. She enjoys hiking, cooking, and connecting with family, friends, and community. She and her husband are proud parents of a 22-year-old son. They joyfully reside in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park neighborhood.