{"id":143397,"date":"2021-06-02T06:31:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143397"},"modified":"2021-06-02T06:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:31:40","slug":"foundation-adds-another-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/06\/02\/foundation-adds-another-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation adds another staff member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Foundation has announced Van Wert native Laney Nofer as the newest member of the VWCF staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Laney-Nofer-headshot-6-2021-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143398\"\/><figcaption>Laney Nofer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nofer will provide in-house planning services, explore and pursue grant opportunities, and enhance resources available to The Foundation and Van Wert community. She attended The Ohio State University, where she received a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work and a master\u2019s degree in city and regional planning. She has over five years of experience conducting public and private sector planning work in communities around Ohio, most recently with the Maumee Valley Planning Organization based in Defiance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nofer recently relocated back to Van Wert with her husband, Clayton, and 1-year old son, Graham. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, trying new restaurants, and going on long walks and bike rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so grateful and honored to be given this opportunity to serve my hometown through the Van Wert County Foundation,\u201d Nofer said. \u201cOur community is experiencing a strong momentum that I believe is fostered by feelings of pride for our town &#8212; a feeling I fondly grew up with in Van Wert. I\u2019m determined to protect and enhance that sense of community while continuing to grow the Foundation\u2019s vision of creating a well-resourced and thriving quality of life for our residents.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nofer&nbsp;enhances The Foundation\u2019s vision of creating a well-resourced and thriving quality of life for our community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have Laney join our team,\u201d said CEO Seth Baker.&nbsp;\u201cLaney\u2019s role will allow us to broaden our community outreach efforts and enhance the Van Wert Forward initiative through project planning and grant writing efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meet and greet for Nofer will be held Monday, June 7, from 3:30-5 p.m., at the VWCF office, 138 E. Main St in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information The Van Wert County Foundation has announced Van Wert native Laney Nofer as the newest member of the VWCF staff.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nofer will provide in-house planning services, explore and pursue grant opportunities, and enhance resources available to The Foundation and Van Wert community. She attended The Ohio State University, where she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 23:16:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}