Name: Ivan Harrell
Job Title: President
Institution: Tacoma Community College (WA)
Since: 2018
Previous Positions: Executive Vice President, Georgia Piedmont Technical College; Vice President for Student Success, Lone Star College-CyFair; Dean of Student Services, Anne Arundel Community College; Coordinator for Student Affairs, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College; Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, Tallahassee Community College
Affiliations and/or Boards: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation: board member; Foundation for Tacoma Students: board chair; Hilltop Artists: board member; Economic Development Board Tacoma & Pierce County: board member
State Engagement: Washington Association of Community & Technical Colleges (WACTC) Board of Presidents: board member; WACTC: Allocation Model Review: chair; Legislative & Public Information Committee: chair; Operating Budget Committee: chair
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation; President’s Roundtable; Commission on Structured Pathways; Presidents Academy Executive Committee: member; National Council of Black American Affairs; Lakin Institute; Presidents Academy Summer Institute; AACC Annual Conference: presenter
Education: Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, Florida State University; M.Ed., Secondary Education, Vanderbilt University; BA, Sociology, Wittenberg University
Other: Active participation with ACCT; serves on the HERDI Board of Directors.