Rhonda Parker

Rhonda Parker serves as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at the Nicholas Institute, bringing over two decades of experience managing people, programs, and grants for mission-oriented institutions. Prior to joining the Nicholas Institute, she served and led in higher education leadership at Duke, as a financial systems analyst with the federal government at the EPA, and as the director of a large non-profit organization.
 
Raised on the rhythms of the tidal marshes in Wilmington, NC, Rhonda earned her BA in sociology at Duke University, an MDiv at Duke Divinity School, and a Specialist degree higher education leadership at Appalachian State University.