Her Story
About Joy
Joy Harings serves as Membership Director at the YMCA of the North's local branch in Andover, Minnesota. In this role, she manages membership operations, including staff hiring and oversight, customer service escalations, billing resolutions, financial aid assistance, and the planning of programming to engage members and build community. Harings brings two and a half years of experience in the nonprofit sector after earlier careers in banking and home automation. She earned her bachelor's degree at Northwestern University in St. Paul with a double major in intercultural studies, which aligned with her long-held interest in nonprofit work to foster community. She later obtained her Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance to develop skills in cross-functional team collaboration, completed project management training through YUSA, and maintains CPR and safety trainings. Harings is passionate about helping people feel they belong and creating third spaces for connection.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Joy
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Don't stop moving forward. A lot of us women can sometimes get derailed in our career goals, just life happens. There's a lot of things that are asked of women, and I would say just don't ever stop making small progressions forward in your career. Sometimes that might mean that you have to go slower for a time, but that's okay, just don't stop.
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