The Washington metropolitan area is home to more than 20,500 nonprofit organizations, employing about 18 percent of the regional workforce. Within the local nonprofit sector, there are approximately 3,500 associations, more than anywhere else in the country.
Learn from the success of others ... some advice from local pros. Marshall Brown, director of career development at the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives Arnita Green, program director at My Sister's Place B Stanley, executive director at the D.C. Arts Center