About SERDI

The 25th SERDI Professional Development Conference will be held May 19-21 at the Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.  Registration Information will be made available on this site and through state association distribution in mid-February.
Williamsburg lodge


The 4th New Executive Directors Training program will be held Saturday morning May 19th at the Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. The training will be led by Jim Youngquist, SERDI Staff Consultant and Matt Chase, Executive Director of the National Association of Development Organizations. New Directors of 2 or less years and potential or soon-to-be directors are encouraged to attend. Information on the training will be made available by mid-February on this site as well as through state association distribution.


FY 2012 – Invitation to Membership and Application Form

The SouthEast Regional Directors Institute (SERDI) is a voluntary professional development association for regional council executive directors in the southeastern United States. SERDI provides technical assistance to regional council directors, their councils and their state associations by:

  • organizing the Annual Professional Development Conference;
  • staffing study committees identified by the membership;
  • coordinating multi-state regional initiatives;
  • assessing council effectiveness; and
  • guiding councils through the executive director hiring process.
  • SERDI is governed by a Council of Peers