Herndon named new NPC Foundation executive director

Nicole Herndon will begin her tenure as the executive director of the NPC Foundation effective Feb. 1, National Park College announced last week.

"I am pleased to have someone as talented as Nicole leading our foundation," John Hogan, NPC president, said in a news release. "Our campus is expanding and with this level of growth comes a need for community support. We have great plans on the horizon and Nicole is well prepared to lead our foundation as we move forward with these goals."

Herndon joined NPC as assistant director in December 2017 before assuming the interim director role in April 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications from the University of Central Arkansas and has 10 years of experience in development and fundraising for organizations including Mid-America Science Museum, Ouachita Baptist University, and NPC.

The foundation's focus moving forward is raising resources for student success initiatives on campus, Herndon said in the release, including a new student commons building, Marine Technology building, athletics expansion, and four-year degree programs.

"This is an exciting time for myself and others to be involved with the college," she said. "The foundation plays an important role in connecting the community with our students to invest in their education and their success. With so much excitement and expansion on our campus, our students are seeing firsthand the support Garland County has provided. We appreciate the investment this community has made thus far and we want to continue being good stewards of the resources we've been entrusted to oversee."

According to the foundation's website, the organization is the nonprofit charitable arm of the college, established in 1980 to support National Park College in achieving its mission of student success.

Local on 01/21/2019

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