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St. Joseph, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Northwest Foundation Board Member
Board member since 2024
Dr. Nancy Headrick has 30+ years of leadership experience in education, most recently serving as director of the Teaching to Lead teacher preparation program with the Southern Regional Education Board, a position she retired from in 2017. She previously served in leadership roles with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Education and was the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Advisor for 10 years. She also worked seasonally for the Kansas City Royals.
Nancy served as a member of the Northland Career Center Advisory Committee. Nancy volunteers at The Sewing Labs, helping students learn to sew for employment, entrepreneurship, and enrichment. She makes KC Navigation Bags that have a custom map of Kansas City and a resource list of services for free meals, toiletries, shelters as well as medical and pantry needs. Nancy also helps with making pillowcases for low-income senior citizen homes plus fleece hats and scarves for the homeless community. She also participates in Little Dresses for Africa making dresses that are sent to African children.
"I am the first person in my family to graduate college, but one of several cousins to be Northwest alums. My cousins and I agree that Northwest taught us transferrable skills we used (and some still are using) in our careers. Skills such as time management, risk taking, presenting ideas, commitment, reasoning, plus many other skills. I believe it's important to prepare students for careers that do not exist yet."
