Our TeamDevorah Jakubowsky, CAEAccount ExecutiveDevorah Jakubowsky, CAE, serves as an Account Executive at SAM. A seasoned executive, she joined SAM in 2023 with more than two decades of experience in association management. She provides executive, strategic, and operational leadership to SAM partner associations. After years of working in the for-profit world in accounting and finance for restaurants, car dealerships, and a real estate agency, Devorah stumbled into a career in associations in 2001 at the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TMVA), where she served as the deputy executive director, responsible for membership development, member services, affinity programs, and committee oversight. In this role, she was awarded the TMVA President’s Award twice. She also served as the executive director for the Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association (TACCA), building strategic industry relationships and improving operations and organizational processes. She earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential in 2010 and has served on various committees and task forces for the Texas Society of Association Executives (TSAE), including completing a three-year term on the Board of Directors in 2020. She is also a graduate of the Leadership Women Texas class of 2023. Devorah is a servant leader and seeks out opportunities for volunteer service, both personally and professionally. She has lived in several cities in Texas and Nevada, but has called Pflugerville home for the past 20 years.
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