Replaces Steve Walker as VP for Community College
Yavapai Community College has announced that Mr. Rodney Jenkins will become the new Vice President of Community Relations. This follows the retirement of Steve Walker, in December 2016. Jenkins will be responsible for managing Yavapai College’s marketing, communications, public relations, advancement, economic and workforce development, and legislative relations.
Vice President Rodney Jenkins
His expected start date is Monday, July 3. Unlike Mr. Walker, he will not simultaneously hold the position of Executive Director of the Yavapai Community College Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) organization.
Vice President Jenkins has over 15 years of experience leading marketing and communications departments, political and issues-based campaigns, and strengthening community relations. He served as Lock Haven University’s Vice President of University Relations in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania from June 2012 to the present. His responsibilities there included managing the offices of communications, marketing, special events, athletics, alumni relations and development.
Before moving to Lock Haven, he was the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Dekalb County school system in Georgia, Director of Communications and Marketing at the Georgia Department of Administrative Services, Director of Corporate Marketing for Cleveland Public Power, and Chief Public Affairs Officer for the City of Cleveland.
For more information, please go to the College announcement by clicking here.