Denise Beusen retired from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review where she served as a Scientific Review Officer. Immediately prior to joining NIH, Dr. Beusen had her own business, Life Science Marketing and Communication. Other previous professional roles include Chief Operating Officer for a start-up company, MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals, and Director of Technical Marketing at Tripos, Inc., a provider of software and chemical libraries for drug discovery. Dr. Beusen holds a B.S. in chemistry from North Dakota State University and a Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from Washington University in St. Louis. Her love of the fiber arts dates from her youth when, as a member of 4-H, she learned to sew.
Please note: Any opinions expressed by Denise are hers alone and are not official positions of the Needlework Guild of Minnesota.
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ABOUT YOUR HOST
Yes, there is a “real” Joy in The Joy of Membership.
Founder & CEO Joy Duling has been working with leaders of associations, trade groups and nonprofits since 2005.
She has also walked the same journey, serving for nearly 10 years as the Executive Director of a membership-based nonprofit which she helped launch from scratch and led to annual revenues of more than $1M exclusively from membership contributions.
Joy has been widely recognized as a speaker, an online educator and a trusted advisor, twice winning the “Unsung Hero Award” from the National Association of Women Business Owners' Central Illinois Chapter. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Social Work with Specialization in Policy, Planning and Administration. She has extensive experience in strategic planning, team facilitation, change management, and association operations.
But beyond industry experience and education…
Joy Duling is the calm voice you want to have in the room when you, your team, or your board is overwhelmed by ideas and options.
She's a trusted resource at the other end of an email or phone call who knows the answer, or can find the answer, when it's not clear what to do next in your approach.
She's a planner of systems and driver of progress that helps your organization achieve stretch goals.
She's a gifted facilitator of conversation, collaboration, and constructive growth.
And she's approachable and results-oriented, which makes it easy to shake loose of the old and start fresh on the new.