NEW ORLEANS CAREER CENTER ADDS SENIOR LEVEL STAFF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Published on 10/08/21
NEW ORLEANS, La., October 8, 2021 – New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) has added two people to its senior-level staff - Jake Gleghorn, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Martha McKnight, Development and Capital Campaign Director.
Gleghorn brings 10 years of teaching and education leadership. He is a seasoned strategic planning lead and worked to build and implement a 10-year vision for learning and community at a New Orleans public school. He also worked as a school leader and strategist for a teacher training program where he created and scaled data and management systems across teams to align collective impact. Gleghorn holds a Master’s degree in Education Leadership from LSU and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a nationally board-certified teacher.
McKnight brings 35 years of nonprofit management experience to her role at NOCC. A veteran at creating strategic partnerships, growing institutions, and fundraising for K-16 education, she will lead NOCC’s first capital campaign. McKnight helped build NOCCA Riverfront, served as Tulane’s Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, and supported various public school charter management organizations post-Katrina. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English at Yale University.
About New Orleans Career Center
The New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) connects Orleans Parish high school students and adults with clear pathways to high-demand, high-wage careers in healthcare, engineering and hospitality. Trainees develop the valuable hard and soft skills they need to succeed in professional environments through hands-on learning with industry and education experts. In 2018, NOCC welcomed its first class of 124 into three credential/certification pathways – healthcare, hospitality, and engineering/manufacturing. In 2020, NOCC launched an intensive Rapid Reskill program to train and credential adults 18 and older as certified Patient Care Technicians. To date, NOCC has trained more than 725 high school students and more than 100 adults. For more information visit www.nolacc.org.