Name: Lynda Villanueva
Job Title: President
Institution: Lee College (TX)
Since: 2019
Previous Positions: Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs (2012-19), Dean of Instruction (2011-12), Associate Dean Instructional Effectiveness and Student Success (2010-11), Director of Transition Education & Associate Professor of Psychology (2006-10), Brazosport College.
Affiliations and/or Boards: United Way of Greater Baytown Area & Chamber County Board Member; Baytown Chamber of Commerce Board Member; Houston Port Economic Alliance Board Member; Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Board Member; Baytown-West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation Board Member; Baytown Rotary Club Board Member; Community College Research Center Board Member; Texas Gulf Coast Community College Consortium Chair.
State Engagement: Higher Education Regional Council Chair; Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) Executive Committee Member; TACC Legislative Committee Member; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) College Readiness Special Advisor; THECB Undergraduate Education Advisory Council Member; THECB Developmental Education Advisory Committee and Assessment Task Force Expert Psychometrician; TEHCB TSI Assessment Chair; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) External and Onsite Reviewer.
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016.
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: AACC Commission on Student Success, AACC Commission on Guided Pathways, invited presenter at AACC Future Presidents Institute; AACC Presidents Academy Summer Institute.
Education: Ph.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, Minor: Occupational Health Psychology, University of Houston; M.A., Psychology, University of Houston; B.S., Psychology, Colorado State University.
Other: 2023-24 Aspen Presidents Fellowship; Aspen Rising Presidents Fellows Alumnus; Achieving the Dream (ATD) Data Coach; ATD Community College Women Succeed Advisory Group Member; Student-Parent Families at the Center Leadership Council Member; Urban Institute Student-Parent Families at the Center Leadership Council Member.