Paneitz Appoints Two To Cabinet Status

— Becky Paneitz, NorthWest Arkansas Community College president, announced two interim appointments to her college cabinet on Friday. 

Meredith N. Brunen and Steven R. Hinds will join the college’s leadership team. Cabinet members act in an executive leadership capacity, providing insight and governance in policy, operations and personnel management, according to a college news release.

Brunen and Hinds will assume additional responsibilities with the upcoming departure of Wyley Elliott, vice president for Public Relations and Development. Elliott has accepted the position of executive editor for Celebrate Arkansas magazine effective Feb. 18, according to the release.

Brunen, executive director for the NWACC Foundation, will continue providing oversight to the fundraising and philanthropic efforts, and supervising the staff of the foundation. She also will continue to lead the college’s planned giving efforts. She will now supervise the Development Coordinator for the Melba Shewmaker Southern Region National Child Protection Training Center and provide strategic leadership to complete the $3 million renovation campaign.

She also will now provide executive leadership to the institution’s development initiatives aimed at institutional growth and diversification of the college’s resource base, according to the release.

Hinds, executive director for Public Relations and Marketing, will continue to oversee the college’s brand, be the primary spokesman for the college and supervise the staff of the Public Relations and Marketing department. In addition, he will now serve as the principal liaison between the college and a myriad of internal and external constituencies, lead the presidential transition process, and serve as the cabinet representative on various committees and task forces, according to the release.

Paneitz, college president since 2003, announced in April she will retire from the post in June 2013 after 10 years at the college.

Evelyn Jorgenson, who has been named the college’s next president, will begin her tenure on July 1. Brunen and Hinds will remain in their interim cabinet roles as part of her transition process, according to the release.

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