News release
Nex-Tech has announced the promotion of Jacque Beckman to youth services/training manager. She will assume her new responsibilities on Jan. 1.
Beckman is a certified training manager/director and instructor/facilitator. She has over 31 years of experience with Nex-Tech, where she started working right out of college. Beckman lives on a farm near Hill City with her husband, Lonnie, daughter, Zoie, and foster son, Tanner. They enjoy spending time as a family, attending church, school, and extra-curricular activities, along with working together on the farm. Lonnie and Jacque also have two sons and daughters-in-law, Clayton and Allie Beckman and Garen and Ellie Beckman, four grandchildren, and one on the way.
“Nex-Tech has enabled me to use my education and skills and to serve others in a variety of ways, working in administration, customer service, human resources, community development, and – my favorites – training and youth development. In my new role, I look forward to finding unique and impactful ways to further develop our employees, continue to build relationships within communities and schools, and expand our youth initiatives to encourage students to experience and find careers right here at home.”
Beckman earned a bachelor of arts in English, with an emphasis in education from Fort Hays State University. She has a lifelong passion for teaching and has taken the lead to grow an extensive training and development program for Nex-Tech employees at all levels of the company. She also serves as the executive director of one of the fastest-growing and impactful youth engagement nonprofits in the northwest and north-central Kansas region, Nex-Generation Round-Up for Youth Inc.
Chief Financial Officer Rhonda Goddard will continue to work with Beckman in her new role.
“Jacque is such an amazing resource for Nex-Tech. She has built on her experiences with each new position and always focuses on what she can do to advance the company and communities we serve," Goddard said.