Julie Gerstenberger
Director
(2023-2025)
South Plains College
Julie Gerstenberger is South Plains College’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SPC Foundation. She joined the faculty at South Plains College in 1991 as an Instructor of Speech Communication and achieved the rank of Associate Professor during her 19 years on the faculty. In 2010, she was named the Director of Development for the College, and in 2014 her duties were expanded to include supervising the Alumni program and its coordinator.
In her current role, Julie provides executive leadership and administrative direction for community and constituent relations; resource development and fund-raising, alumni engagement and relations; strategic planning and institutional effectiveness; management and administration of the SPC Foundation scholarship program; and the South Plains College Foundation. She serves as a liaison officer in representing the College to area schools, colleges, universities, corporate partners, donor groups, alumni groups, regulatory agencies and other constituents and assists the President of the College in the development of institutional awareness programs that support positive community, legislative and governmental relations.
Gerstenberger received an Associate of Arts degree from Blinn College, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication at Texas Tech University and a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Texas Tech. She completed post-graduate research in Communication and Political Discourse at Loughborough University in England. She was presented the Faculty Excellence Award in 2003 at SPC, the highest honor bestowed on an educator at the college.