Expansion of the Team – Hannah Oefner, MA, is a rising professional in the field of association management, bringing a strong foundation in business and marketing to Rhema Association Management LLC, a family-owned firm she has been preparing to join since 2020. Her academic background and hands-on experience uniquely position her to contribute to the strategic growth and operational excellence of Rhema’s client partnerships. Stronger team, brighter future.
Advancing Engaged Scientific Societies | Organizing International Academic Conferences | Recognition Awards for Excellence | Starting New Non-Profit Organizations | Full-Service Central Office for Non-Profit Scientific & Medical Societies | Well-Featured Website Design & Maintenance | Marketing & Social Media
Working with Foundation Group to incorporate and obtain 501 (c) (3) non-profit tax exempt status for international organizations and providing ongoing administrative support, including planning regularly scheduled international meetings.
Awards recognition for young investigators to watch, senior investigators to acknowledge and the most promising trainees
For more than 30 years, we’ve been planning successful international scientific & medical meetings. From selecting the right venue and negotiating favorable rates, to coordinating committees and speakers, advertising, securing sponsors, managing abstracts, streamlining programming, handling registration, financial oversight, and all on-site logistics — we take care of the heavy lifting. This allows program chairs to focus on the science, while we bring their ideas and vision to life.
A society’s website should function as a real-time, 24/7 virtual office — accessible to stakeholders worldwide. It streamlines membership renewals, applications, award nominations, meeting programming, and member networking. We provide an efficient, paperless office model that leverages the most advanced online technologies to expertly manage the scientific and medical non-profit societies we serve.
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Joan Oefner was honored with the 2020 ICIS Distinguished Service Award in recognition for her extraordinary contributions and service to the ICIS and to the cytokine research community at large. Now after …
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Society Announcement Joan Saluzzi-Oefner, Managing Director, International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS)Joan Oefner is honored with the 2020 ICIS Distinguished Service award in recognition for her extraordinary contributions and service …
Joan Oefner, Managing Director, International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS)
Joan Oefner was honored with the 2020 ICIS Distinguished Service award in recognition for her extraordinary contributions and service to the ICIS and to the cytokine research community at large. Since she joined our Society as Managing Director in 2016, she has reached far beyond expectations to ensure the administrative, conference, and financial success of ICIS and has devoted significant time and energy to further the goals of the Society.
Joan founded her association management company in San Francisco in 1992 to support international scientific and medical societies. After moving to Regensburg, Germany in 2005, she pivoted to a virtual business model to support the missions and goals of international non-profit scientific and medical societies.
Joan (Saluzzi) Oefner received her Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, in 1982 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She obtained the CAE (certified association executive) designation in November 1998 from the American Society of Association Executives. Joan moved to Germany in support of her husband, Peter Oefner, who took a position as Chair of the Department of Functional Genomics, Institute of Functional Genomics at the University of Regensburg.
Managing Non-Profit Scientific & Medical Societies and their International Conferences since 1992
Accomplished Association Executive driven to manage costs and establish strategic, mutually beneficial alliances with all stakeholders as well as other organizations with allied missions. High-energy, results-oriented leader with an entrepreneurial attitude and team spirit.
Robert StevensonManaging Director at Abacus Group Our situation at CASSS was dire. Under Joan’s leadership, Rhema took over and saved the society from almost certain bankruptcy. Joan’s outgoing personality, wisdom and drive all combined to make the turn-around exciting and fun. Plus, we kept her two best employees when she relocated to Regensburg. They are with us still. I recommend Rhema and Joan for any society that needs competent, energetic management with a respectful soft touch and big smile. She will not let you down.
Norbert Wilke, MD, FACCDirector, Chairman, CEO Mrs. Joan Oefner is one of the brightest Executive directors I have worked with. Her passion for the job at hand and profound knowledge of the business, makes her an asset for anybody, who wants to grow an organization or business. Excellent personality and outstanding character is recognized by everybody who had or will have the pleasure to collaborate with her. I therefore can only highly recommend her organizational skills and her exceptional leadership qualities.
Robyn Young, MDPast President Joan has served the SF Neurological Society as executive director and then as communications director for many years (1995 is a guess as she started before I came on the board). She helped draft bylaws, arranged for the organization to become a 501c6 and took the society through the process of being certified to provide CME (educational credit). She continues to manage our website and design and send mailings and email blasts for meetings She is extremely knowledgeable, efficient, dedicated, trustworthy, reliable, creative and a really nice person. She has always had our backs and I hope that she will continue to do so, whatever her principle project is.
