NCC Announces 2020 Curriculum Commencement Speaker
Jennifer Haygood, Executive Vice President, NC Community College System
Nash Community College has announced Jennifer Haygood as the keynote speaker for its Spring Curriculum Commencement. The ceremony will be held in the college’s Brown Auditorium on Friday, May 15, 2020 at 6:00 PM.
Jennifer Haygood serves as Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff of the North Carolina Community College System. She is responsible for overseeing the internal operations of the System Office and creating a fully integrated, highly performing System Office team that supports the mission of the 58-community college system.
While performing her duties as System Office Chief of Staff, Haygood also served as Acting President of the NC Community College System from October 2017 through May 2018, during the State Board’s search for a permanent System president.
Haygood previously served eight years as the System’s Chief Financial Officer, leading the division responsible for managing approximately $1.5 billion in state, federal, and tuition funds that support the state’s community colleges and the System Office.
Prior to working for the NC Community College System, Haygood was employed by the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly and the Education Section of the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Haygood earned a Masters of Public Policy degree from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from Rice University. She is a proud recipient of an honorary Associate in Arts degree from Richmond Community College and also received the 2019 NC Office of the State Controller Fiscal Integrity Award.
Prior to returning to graduate school, she was a Teach for America corps member and taught elementary school in inner-city New Orleans. Haygood serves on the boards of the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU), SECU Foundation, and College Foundation, Inc.
President Lew Hunnicutt, Ph.D. and Board of Trustees Chair Paul S. Jaber will preside over the ceremony. Family and friends of students will be admitted by ticket only. Nash Community College’s curriculum commencement ceremony will be streamed live online via the college YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/NashComCollege.
For more information, please call 252-451-8235.
