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Ann VanderKooi Minnick, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Communications

712-707-7026
aminnick@nwciowa.edu

Before being recruited to teach in Northwestern’s communications department, Professor Minnick was the community relations director for the Orange City Area Health System, overseeing both their regional marketing and corporate communications. She has also coordinated public relations and marketing efforts at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, and the Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center. Minnick is a certified Public Information Officer by the Iowa Department of Public Health and the United States Department of Homeland Security. She also served as secretary for the Iowa Hospital Association Marketing and Public Relations Society and has guest lectured on PR and journalism at Northwestern as well as Augustana College and the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota.

Minnick has used her communications skills as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and United Way, as well as other community organizations. A graduate of Northwestern College, she earned an M.A. in journalism and public relations from the University of Iowa.

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Northwestern College
101 7th St. SW
Orange City, IA 51041
712-707-7025
jdurham@nwciowa.edu

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