The 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges is charged with comprehensively examining the challenges and opportunities facing the fasting-growing sector of higher education. Its membership include representatives from an array of constituencies and expertise from education, business, policy and communications.
Co-chairs
Dr. Kay M. McClenney, Director
Center for Community College Student Engagement
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, President
Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
Mr. Augustine P. Gallego, Chancellor Emeritus
San Diego Community College District (CA)
Members
Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, President and CEO
American Association of Community Colleges
Mr. J. Noah Brown, President and CEO
Association of Community College Trustees
Mr. Kenneth P. Burke, Trustee
St. Petersburg College (FL)
Dr. Gerardo E. de los Santos, President and CEO
League for Innovation in the Community College
Dr. Myrtle E. B. Dorsey, Chancellor
St. Louis Community College District (MO)
Dr. Peter T. Ewell, Vice President
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Dr. Bernadine Chuck Fong, Senior Managing Partner
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, President
West Virginia University, Parkersburg
Dr. Allen Goben, President
Heartland Community College (IL)
Ms. Kati Haycock, Director
Education Trust
Dr. Curtis Ivery, Chancellor
Wayne County Communty College District (MI)
Dr. Alex Johnson, President
Community College of Allegheny County (PA)
Dr. Christine Johnson, Chancellor
Community Colleges of Spokane (WA)
Mr. Dwight D. Jones, Superintendent
Clark County School District (NV)
Dr. Jane A. Karas, President
Flathead Valley Community College (MT)
Dr. William “Brit” Kirwan, Chancellor
University System of Maryland
Ms. Jennifer Lara, Professor
Anne Arundel Community College (MD)
Dr. Paul E. Lingenfelter, President
State Higher Education Executive Officers
Dr. Michael B. McCall, President
Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Dr. Mark David Milliron, Deputy Director, Postsecondary Improvement U.S. Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Eloy Oakley, Superintendent-President
Long Beach City College (CA)
Dr. Diana G. Oblinger, President and CEO
EDUCAUSE
Dr. Daniel J. Phelan, President
Jackson Community College (MI)
Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard, President
Montgomery College (MD)
Dr. Richard M. Rhodes, President
Austin Community College (TX) As of Sept. 1, 2011
Dr. Rod A. Risley, Executive Director
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Dr. John E. Roueche, Professor and Director, Community College Leadership Program
The University of Texas at Austin
Mr. James T. Ryan, Chairman, President and CEO
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Dr. Randy Smith, President
Rural Community College Alliance
Dr. Mary F. T. Spilde, President
Lane Community College (OR)
Dr. John “Ski” Sygielski, President
Harrisburg Area Community College (PA)
Dr. Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor, School of Education
Syracuse University (NY)
Dr. Philip Uri Treisman, Professor of Mathematics and Public Affairs; Director, Charles A. Dana Center
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. William Trueheart, President and CEO
Achieving the Dream, Inc.
Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor
The State University of New York