Burt Blanchard

Burt joined the Membership and Public Engagement Team as Director of Membership in October 2020. He believes NGOs' work is crucial to the success of humanitarian efforts and is elated InterAction connects this community to ensure these good works continue.

In his role, Burt works alongside InterAction colleagues ensuring the Member journey and value is relevant to their every need. Further, he focuses on retaining current partners, recruiting new ones, and forging new relationships germane to InterAction’s ongoing global works.

Prior to joining InterAction, Burt worked in non-profit individual and trade associations focused on membership, revenue generation, education, research, and more. He has worked for the American Bar Association, Home Builders, and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), where he conceived, implemented, and built a new membership revenue stream and its business development department.

Burt holds the 2019 John C. Thiel Distinguished Service Award from Association Forum and was named a 2020 Men of Excellence Honoree by the historic Chicago Defender. He has a B.A. in Organizational Leadership from Roosevelt University with minors in Communications and Sociology. In his spare time, you will find him living his best life with family, friends, and becoming a grill master with his low and slow grilling method.