Dennis Beson was announced Thursday at the new CEO for the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce.

He is coming to Junction City from the Saginaw, Michigan area where he has provided leadership training for Merrill Technologies Group, which is a company of about 500 people. On his duties there Beson stated, “Developing an emerging leaders program as well as an established incumbent leader program, helping people discover their abilities in leadership.”

Teamwork is important to Beson. “I am only one part of the puzzle so the better cohesiveness I can have with my team the more we’re going to grow and do things the right way.”

On the initial direction he has been given when he goes to work in Junction City: “Well, one of the big initiatives is to kind of unite the four different agencies that I’ll be working with. Try to be a little bit more of a cohesive unit of one to help develop and grow the economic area of Geary County and Junction City.”

JC Post asked the new CEO about his leisure time interests. “I’m a former musician, so I like to sing and make music. I also like to play golf and ride my bicycle for exercise. So hopefully in the area around there I can do some nice hiking and work with the natural resources that you have around there.” Beson noted he was a singer in a rock and roll band for approximately 17 years.

Beson begins work at his new job in Junction City on August 3.