RENO – Communities In Schools has named Becky Petring as President and Chair of the Communities In Schools Advisory Council for the Western Division, which includes Reno and Sparks. She also has been selected to become a State Board representative for Communities In Schools Nevada. Petring has served on the Volunteer Advisory Council for the Western Division of Communities in Schools since July 2017.

Petring is a vice president and retail market sales manager for Nevada State Bank in Reno, where she has worked since 2011. She was promoted to her current role in 2015, after having worked as vice president and branch manager of the Sparks Prater branch. 

With her new role at Communities In Schools, Petring will help establish strategic direction, set broad policy, and steward the assets, all in support of the organization’s stated mission.  She will help direct the organization’s quarterly meetings, participate in the creation and planning of fundraising activities and recommend additional nominees to the advisory board. As chair of the Advisory Council, Petring will serve as a representative for the CIS of Nevada State Board, allowing the Western Nevada affiliate to have a voice at the state level and give input from the Northern Nevada community.

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