Name: Alicia Harvey-Smith
Job Title: President
Institution: Pittsburgh Technical College (PA)
Since: April 2019
Previous Positions: Executive Vice Chancellor, Lone Star College; President, River Valley Community College; Vice President, Baltimore City Community College; Dean of Learning and Student Development, Community College of Baltimore County; Dean of Learning Support Systems, Community College of Baltimore County, Executive Director of Student Development, Baltimore City College.
Affiliations and/or Boards: National Advisory Board for the Higher Education Research and Development Institute (HERDI); RTM Higher Education Congress Advisory Board.
State Engagement: Pittsburgh Council Higher Education Presidents Board (PCHE); Pittsburg Arts & Lectures Board of Directors; International Women’s Forum Pittsburgh.
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. Have attended regularly since 1993.
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: National Council on Student Development (NCSD), AACC Affiliated Council; National Council on Black American Affairs (NCBAA), AACC Affiliated Council; AACC John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute; AACC Workforce Development Institute; AACC Presidents Academy Summer Institute; AACC Advocates in Action; AACC Board of Directors (2015).
Education: Ph.D., Counseling/Personnel Services, University of Maryland; Ms.Ed., Counseling/Guidance, The John Hopkins University; B.S., Business Administration, Morgan State University.
Other: With 30 years of successful experience in senior level higher education administration, I believe in the transformational power of education and am committed to organizational excellence, peak institutional performance, and student success.