Robin Johnston Named RCC VP For Development

ASHEBORO, N.C.--Robin C. Johnston has been named Randolph Community College's vice president for development and executive director of the RCC Foundation. This new position was created to combine the College development, marketing, and planning and research functions.

Johnston was most recently the principal of INVICTUS Solutions Group in Charlotte, a consulting service which focused on lead generation and business development. Johnston was chief marketing officer for Verian Technologies, a supply chain management software company, from May 1999 to September 2002. He served a three-year term as city councilor for the city of Brockville, Ontario. Johnston also was marketing director for Clarke College in Canada from 1995 to 1997.

Johnston comes from a community college background, having dropped out of high school to start a courier company. After two years, he sold the company and entered St. Lawrence College where he earned a diploma in business administration with a marketing major, graduating with distinction. Johnston went on to earn a bachelor of business administration (marketing) from Lakehead University and an MBA from the University of Toronto, focusing on marketing and corporate strategy. His other training includes completion of both the Canadian Securities Course and the Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker's Program.

A member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants since 2000, Johnston also has been vice president of education at University City Toastmasters since July 2003 and a board member with the Charlotte YMCA since 2001. He won the Brockville & District Advertising & Sales Club Award for Marketing Excellence in 1998.

He is the son of Neville and Geri Johnston of Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Johnston and his wife, Marylou, are planning to move to the Asheboro area in the near future.