The Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) - founded in 1979 as the Association Executives of Upstate New York - brings almost 400 members from throughout the state into the Responsible AI Audit™ Series, the accredited AI verification methodology from Skills4Good AI, an approved American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Registered Provider.


Skills4Good AI and The Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) are launching the Responsible AI Audit™ Series for association professionals throughout Upstate New York.

ESSAE joins Skills4Good AI's growing partnership ecosystem alongside the Association Leadership Coalition (ALC), formerly the Association Societies Alliance (ASA), giving its association leaders access to the same ASAE-accredited AI verification methodology already available to association executives nationwide.


Leading Through Responsible AI Audit™

Carrie Laney, Executive Director, Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE)

"I’m genuinely excited about this partnership because it addresses a need I hear from association professionals right now: how to put AI to work while protecting the trust our members have earned. Associations have always found ways to do more with less, so the opportunities AI offers are compelling. At the same time, our members represent and advocate for others, handle sensitive information, and hold themselves to high professional standards. They need and want practical skills for checking AI output before relying on it.

My fellow state society leaders and I had the opportunity to meet with Skills4Good and test drive the training. I was impressed by its focus on detecting errors, privacy risks, bias, and gaps in reasoning, as well as the team’s commitment to supporting participants.

The fact that the four-course series is accredited for CAE credit, including CAE Ethics credit, makes it an especially strong fit for ESSAE’s professional education mission."


Josephine Yam, J.D., LL.M., M.A. Phil. (AI Ethics), CEO & Co-Founder, Skills4Good AI

"Skills4Good AI is proud to welcome ESSAE as one of the earliest adopters of the Responsible AI Audit™ Series. With ESSAE in New York and Associations West across California, Oregon, and Washington, we are bringing ASAE-accredited AI audit training to association professionals from coast to coast.

ESSAE joins our growing global partnership ecosystem, extending the reach of hands-on AI audit training that goes beyond passive awareness to active AI risk detection capability.

We are confident that association executives who can verify AI output before relying on it will protect the trust their members have placed in them."


Why This Matters Now

AI is already embedded in how association executives work: drafting board reports, preparing grant applications, summarizing research, and producing member publications. But AI outputs regularly contain errors that are difficult to detect without a systematic approach: fabricated citations, invented statistics, and confident-sounding text that is simply wrong. The Responsible AI Audit™ Series teaches a repeatable detection methodology for hallucinations, privacy breaches, bias, and reasoning gaps — practical skills that association professionals can apply immediately.


What the Accredited Series Delivers

The Responsible AI Audit™: AI Risk Detection Series for Association Executives is the accredited 4-course AI verification methodology for the most common AI risks, grounded in real association workflows.

Explore the Series here: https://skills4good.ai/essae


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About the Partners

Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) is a 501c(6) not-for-profit professional organization for persons engaged in the management of voluntary trade and professional organizations. ESSAE provides quality educational, leadership, and professional development opportunities to association professionals and industry partners and encourages high professional standards in the management of association As an approved provider of continuing education for those holding or seeking certification as a Certified Association Executive (CAE), ESSAE offers multiple opportunities a year to learn, from association basics 101 to starting/managing an association and everything in between. Visit: essae.org

Skills4Good AI created Responsible AI Audit™, an accredited AI verification methodology for association executives, lawyers, and regulated professionals using AI in high-stakes work. Skills4Good AI is an American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Registered Provider, and the entire 4-course AI Risk Detection Series for Association Executives is accredited by the ASAE for 5 CAE Credits (including 1.5 CAE Ethics). The Responsible AI Audit™ methodology is also accredited by the State Bar of California for 5 MCLE credits in its Lawyer Series. Visit: skills4good.ai


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