Peter Herrndorf, who is credited with bringing the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre back to national prominence in Canada, has had his contract as NAC president extended by two years, his second such extension. In Herrndorf’s six years on the job, the NAC has not run a deficit, and has nicely balanced the Centre’s double mission – to serve both a local and national audience – even while continuing to live in and commute from Toronto, some 430km from the NAC.