Alumni Profile: Laine Hendricks

Fresno State alum Laine Hendricks’ first year on the job has run rather smoothly, but everyone runs into a bump here and there. Given the task to direct two organization representatives from Washington D.C. to dinner with her boss, Hendricks accidentally sent them to Bobby Salazar’s “Express” inside a gas station.

             Even with this mishap, she is currently the Central Valley Program Assistant for the National Parks Conservation Association. Aspects of her job include outreach to various communities about the parks, park issues, special events, government relations and media relations and many more.

            Hendricks loves the travel opportunities available to her. Visits to Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are regular and she has had the chance to explore many other parks.

            “The morale of the organization is great,” Hendricks said. “The people are positive and there are great networking opportunities.”

Hendricks graduated from Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Fresno State in 2005 with her emphasis in public relations and is currently working toward her master’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Fresno State.

The Equestrian team pulled Hendricks to Fresno State, but a Fresno State alumni professor at California State University, Bakersfield, sealed the deal academically when she informed Hendricks about the opportunities that would be available to her in Fresno. Hendricks transferred from Cal State Bakersfield in the fall of 2003.

Hendricks’ ideal job would be working in corporate communications in a large metropolitan area or doing public relations or marketing in the equestrian sports industry.