Mr. VanNoppen is founder and president of VanNoppen Marketing, started in 2001. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BS in physics. He worked as a journalist and was a furniture manufacturing executive serving in sales and marketing before founding his own company. He is membership chair for the Rotary Club of Morganton and has served on the boards of other community organizations including Western Piedmont Community College Foundation, Burke County United Way, Burke Recovery, and Morganton Day School.