{"id":5261,"date":"2024-10-08T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=5261"},"modified":"2025-02-09T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:38:21","slug":"joe-nowicki","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/joe-nowicki\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Nowicki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Joe Nowicki<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vice President of Facility Services<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Location\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<address>Shepherd Center Main Campus<\/address>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Joe Nowicki joined Shepherd Center in October 2019 and is the vice president of facility services. 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