Active Members

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Jody Beeler was born and raised in Sedona, the son of Sharon and Joe  Beeler, co-founder of the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America, and a  famous cowboy artist. Jody graduated from Northern Arizona University  with Bachelor of Science degree in radio and television announcing and  performance. A brief run in radio broadcasting turned 180 degrees into  surgical and medical video production when an internship was offered at  the Arizona Heart Institute. Starting at the ground level and working on  a world-class video production team at the Arizona Heart Institute and  the heart and lung transplantation team, Jody got valuable experience  quickly, being part of the first heart transplant surgery on live  television and public television. A career in surgical and medical video  production was hatched. Jody worked with the likes of world-famous  cardiac/cardiothoracic surgeons Edward B. (Ted) Diethrich in Phoenix,  Michael DeBakey in Houston, and Hillel Laks, of the UCLA Medical Center  in Los Angeles, to name a few.

W. L. Gore & Associates, a Fortune 500 company located in  Flagstaff, AZ, provided the next 15 years of wonderful experience.  Gore’s Medical Products Division sent Jody to all corners of the globe  with surgical and medical video productions for marketing and  implantation of more than 500 implantable surgical devices made by the  Gore company out of the same material used in Gore-Tex Clothing, and  later in stents and other endovascular devices.

After retiring from W. L. Gore & Associates, Jody continues to be  extensively involved with Western Art and the Western Art Community and  the Joe Beeler Legacy, as well as being President of the Dry Creek Arts  Fellowship (DCAF).

Jody has served The Sedona 30 as its President, and as Chairman of  the Sedona Miracle, the Scholarship Committee, and the Grants Committee.

Jody and his wife of 38 years, Monica, live in Sedona and have a grown son John.