Dirk Behrends ’87 has been promoted to vice president of association enterprise solutions at Abila. He has nearly 30 years’ experience in the association sector, spending his first 15 years working for some of the most influential professional societies in the U.S., most notably as the assistant director of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. He joined Abila (formerly Avectra) in April of 2000 and has been instrumental in helping associations enhance member value and engagement. Behrends is a member of Association Forum and the American Society of Association Executives and currently serves on the Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Association Board of Directors.

2016-04-08 Alumni Association Board. Dirk Behrends ’87. Photo by Makenna Merritt ’17 for Illinois Wesleyan University.