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Zenia Henderson

Chief Program Officer

Pronouns: She/Her/Ella

As NCAN’s Chief Program Officer, Zenia Henderson is responsible for growing and sustaining NCAN's membership and further building the capacity of those members through professional development, support services, and networking opportunities. She helps develop and vet tools, resources, and effective practices most valuable for practitioners in the field of postsecondary attainment.

Henderson has served for over 20 years in the nonprofit sector, specifically in the field of college access, persistence, and completion, with several NCAN member organizations such as CollegeTracks in Montgomery County, MD, PeerForward, and the Latin American Youth Center, among other Trio-based programs in Texas and Colorado. Her firsthand experience as a first-generation college graduate led her to pursue endeavors with organizations that afford first-generation and students from low-income backgrounds the opportunity to pursue higher education and has a range of experience in leadership development, nonprofit management and direct service experience

Henderson completed her undergraduate studies with a bachelor’s degree in English and Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder and holds a master’s degree in Organizational Management from Trinity Washington University. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two sons.