What Makes Us Different
A healthcare professional’s goal is to create better patient outcomes. It’s one of the hardest jobs there is, and while they’ve learned to navigate them, there are certain headwinds they have to overcome.
Elizabeth Schumacher, a lifetime patient and patient advocate, founded Affinity Strategies to help healthcare practitioners navigate these headwinds. By serving medical sub-specialty associations and focusing on strategy, innovation, leadership and fundraising, Affinity creates engaged communities of professionals that are dedicated to positively influencing patient outcomes.
Associations are now more important than ever. Associations empower, educate, and advocate. They create community. They’re the catalysts that can truly affect the world in a positive way. Associations are where healthcare professionals find inspiration—where they learn and grow.
As an association accelerator, we provide the strategic insight and best practice expertise needed to build and steward a long-range plan to achieve its association client’s mission and to activate its purpose. Our Core Practice areas are fueled by an ideation and innovation mindset of, “What’s Next?”—which drives us to constantly search for the newest and most cutting-edge initiatives to accelerate an Association toward its Vision.
Our concept of stewardship is at the very root of why associations choose Affinity. Through our owner’s entrepreneurial mindset, Affinity safeguards the Association’s resources and makes strategic investments that lead to engaged and sustainable communities.
Our clients don’t ask us to manage their Association. They entrust us to bring their Mission to Life. They put their trust in us to help them set a course for the future while supporting their Community day in and day out. To be a steward means believing in who we work with—believing in them so strongly that there’s no stopping us from helping them reach their goals and to serve patients for years to come.