Kim Howard, CAE, is the director of communications and marketing for the EMDR International Association. She is an award-winning association publishing executive with demonstrated success in helping associations grow and prosper. 

She has held leadership positions in the association publishing executive industry, and senior-level management positions for national and international trade associations.

Howard has published several million words throughout her career, covering industries and topics that include the mental health profession, legal profession, association publishing, multifamily housing, cleaning and restoration, and business credit. She has ghostwritten for CEOs, general counsel, and other C-suite executives and has served as the editor-in-chief/publisher of seven magazines. 

She holds an MA from the University of Baltimore and a BS from Troy University.