Fraud Awareness for Associations

Day: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Coming Soon!

Associations can be attractive targets for fraud because they rely on relationships, trust, publicly available information, members, volunteers, events, and digital communications. Fraudsters can exploit those characteristics in a variety of ways, including phishing, impersonation, social engineering, and increasingly convincing AI-enabled schemes.

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn to view their associations through the eyes of a fraudster. Using real-world examples, group exercises, and guided self-assessment, participants will examine how publicly available information, everyday organizational practices, and human behavior can create opportunities for fraud.

Participants will also consider how to weigh fraud risk against legitimate business needs and value, identify vulnerabilities within their own organizations, recognize warning signs, and determine where stronger conversations, practices, or controls may be needed.

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify common and emerging fraud tactics affecting associations, including phishing, impersonation, social engineering, and AI-enabled fraud.
• Examine how fraudsters use publicly available information, relationships, trust, and routine organizational practices to identify and exploit opportunities.
• Evaluate organizational information and practices by weighing potential fraud exposure against legitimate business needs and value.
• Apply practical fraud-awareness principles to identify vulnerabilities, recognize warning signs, and determine where additional conversations, practices, or controls may be appropriate.

About the Speaker

Brent Walker is the founder of Walker Strategies Group, an association-focused consulting firm that helps leaders understand what is really happening, make informed strategic choices, build alignment, and turn priorities into action.

He brings nearly three decades of experience as an antifraud professional, including leadership roles with Fortune 500 companies and law enforcement. In addition, Walker has more than 20 years of volunteer association leadership experience, including service as an international board member, officer, chapter president, and committee leader.

Today, he serves as Director of Government Relations for a national antifraud nonprofit association representing more than 300 member organizations. Walker has worked with association leaders, legislators, regulators, law enforcement, insurers, and nonprofits and has spoken nationally and internationally on fraud-related topics.

Workshop Agenda