NMC Staff Excellence Awards
About the award
The NMC Staff Excellence Award honors a staff member whose work serves to inspire others and who:
- Demonstrates NMC's Values,
- Exhibits a high commitment, "above and beyond", to the NMC mission, vision and strategic directions, and
- Made a difference at NMC over the past year.
All recipients
- 2025: Katharine Marvin — Director of Development & Alumni Relations
- 2024: Linda Berlin — Director of Financial Aid
- 2023: Gail Kurowski — Director of NMC Police Academy
- 2022: Lindsey Dickinson — Director of Advising
- 2021: Lori Hodek — Talent Development Coordinator / Director of Professional Development Institute, Human Resources
- 2020: Bobbi Garner — Office Manager, Science-Math Academic Area
- 2019: Jan Root — Office Manager, Communications Academic Area
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2025 Recipient:
Katharine Marvin
Marvin, who joined the college in 2015, demonstrates an innate ability to lead with grace and collaborate with enthusiasm. Her achievements this year include securing $1.4 million in gifts for a wide range of programs, including Nursing, Culinary, Construction Technology, Aviation, WNMC and the International Affairs Forum. Her proactive approach to friendraising has cultivated relationships that have blossomed into significant future investments, exemplified specifically by a $500,000 planned gift designated for aviation scholarships. She has also stepped up to hire and mentor new colleagues, serving on no fewer than six search committees as NMC worked to build a strong and cohesive Advancement & Community Engagement (ACE) team.