Name: Curt Oldfield
Job Title: President
Institution: Spoon River College (IL)
Since: 2012
Previous Positions: Vice President of Academic Affairs, Northeast Iowa Community College (2006-2012); Dean of Instruction, Spoon River College (2002-2005); Agriculture Professor, Spoon River College (1999-2002)
Affiliations and/or Boards: Canton Rotary: president (2021-2025); LWIB #16: board member; Canton Family YMCA: board member; Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development: treasurer; Macomb Area Economic Development Corporation: board member; McDonough County Quality of Life Committee: member; Canton Area Chamber of Commerce: board member; Spoon River Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program: board member
State Engagement: Illinois Council of Community College Presidents (ICCCP): president (2019-2020), legislative co-chair (currently); Illinois Community College Board Adequacy and Equity of Funding Taskforce: member; ICCB Return to Campus Committee: co-chair (2020); Illinois School and Campus Safety Committee member for Targeted Violence Prevention
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2024, 2016, 2013
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: Commission for Student Success (2023-2026); Commission for Small and Rural Colleges (2018-2021)
Education: Ed.D., Community College Leadership, Ferris State University; M.S., Agriculture Education, University of Illinois; B.S., Agriculture Education, Illinois State University; A.S., Agriculture, Spoon River College
Other: Aspen College Excellence Program President Fellow (current); Aspen/AACSU Transfer Student Success Intensive with Western Illinois University (current)