Nigel Fields Winds Up Busy Tenure as VINP Superintendent

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Nigel Fields Winds Up Busy Tenure as VINP Superintendent

For decades, a superintendency in tropical paradise was considered a reward, a spot for veteran administrators to ease their way out of service after long careers. This was not the case for Nigel Fields, who came in on the heels of a hurricane and went out with something of a whirlwind last week after serving for 4 ½ years as superintendent of the VINP.

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