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Denise D. Resnik has a long and varied career in the private, public and philanthropic sectors. Denise D. began their career in 1983 as the Director of Marketing and Investor Relations for four subsidiaries of the Del E. Webb Corporation. In 1986, they founded and became the CEO of DRA Collective, a Phoenix-based marketing and communications firm. In 1997, they co-founded the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides lifetime support to individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families. In 2012, they founded First Place AZ, a charitable nonprofit that has developed an 81,000-square-foot apartment community for adults with autism and other neurodiversities.

Denise D. Resnik attended Arizona State University from 1978 to 1982, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree.