CEO amps up efforts to position endocrinology more strategically in medicine Barbara Byrd Keenan says she was "happily ensconced" at the Institute of Food Technologists—her third role as an association CEO— when she got a call from a recruiter working for the Endocrine Society. She wasn't interested in a new job, she told Charlie Ingersoll at Korn Ferry. He persuaded her to at least learn a little about the organization and its mission. That was all it took. "I was like a fish on a hook. Just reel me in," Keenan said. "I thought, ‘Every disease of the 21st century has a hormonal base. What better playground to be in? What better place to get involved?'" Furthermore, the… Read More