Denise Durham MFALP'16
Presidential Appointee
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Dr. Denise Durham holds a PhD in Business, along with several other degrees, including a Master’s in Agricultural Policy from VLGS and a Master’s in Global Food Law from MSU School of Law in 2021. Dr. Durham has worked in the food and beverage industry for over 25 years for fortune 500 companies ensuring regulatory compliance on a global scale. She is currently a Director of Quality and Research and Development in the food and beverage industry, with a focus has on assisting food business owners/farmers with contract negotiations.
Dr. Durham serves on the board of directors for Indianapolis Ambassadors (not-for-profit), which serves the Indianapolis community with volunteers for food banks, local park clean-ups, etc. She is also the chairperson for the American Chemical Society Indianapolis Local Section executive board.
She considers Indianapolis, Indiana to be her home with her husband of fourteen years, Christopher. For fun, Dr. Durham likes to scuba dive, zipline and read fictional murder mysteries, James Patterson being her favorite author.
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