About Drake & Company

Vision

Mission
To inspire clients and staff to achieve their dreams by providing knowledge, expertise and technology exceeding expectations and add value to customers and to society

Core Values

• Stewardship
• Growth
• Integrity

Since its establishment in 1992, Drake & Company has grown rapidly. Today we function as the headquarters and staff of several leading national and international associations. [ Company profile ]

As an association management company, the Drake & Company staff manages six regional, national and international associations with budgets ranging from $35,000 to $3.1 million and memberships ranging from 15 to 125,000. [ Awards ]

Drake & Company clients benefit from our experience, stewardship and location. Many of our professional staff hold graduate degrees in related fields and have more than five years experience in non-profit or association management. [ Staff ]

We realize the organizations we manage are not ours; Drake & Company is simply a steward of your membership. We will be a responsible administrator, strive to create a partnership for growth and help your organization and its members achieve its strategic goals while controlling costs.

Additionally, our Midwestern location offers lower overhead costs than Northeastern and coastal cities, hence, we save your association money. Yet, our convenient suburban St. Louis location, just 25 minutes from Lambert International Airport, also offers fast and economical travel around the globe. Our clients and their members also find the central time zone office hours work well for associations with members on both coasts.

Increasingly, communication and technology play a large role with our association partners. Members can communicate with Drake & Company via telephone, fax or e-mail. Moreover, our information technology system includes:

• iMIS association membership management software system
• PC-based ethernet and Wi-Fi internal office network
• Laptops for mobile computing with global office connectivity
• Windows and Novell network file servers with UPS & tape backup
• 768 Kbps ADSL internet connection
• POP3/SMTP-based email service using Microsoft Exchange Server
• Web page, list-serve, database development and management
• Client specific domain name registration and email management
• Integration of multiple software packages for maximum client compatibility
• Fax broadcasting
• Peripheral support: color copier, laser printers, scanner, digital camera and LCD projector
• In-house technical support staff

In 2004, Drake & Company outgrew its former location and became the charter tenant of the Association Headquarters Campus, an innovative business center for non-profit organizations. It offers an array of services including phone, receptionist, copier, networking, Internet, payroll and bookkeeping. The Association Headquarters Campus, located in Chesterfield, Missouri, has ample room for growth through additional tenants and/or organizations who may wish to partner with Drake & Company or purchase services a la carte. [ More about our services ]