Name: Marica Conston
Job Title: President
Institution: Tidewater Community College (VA)
Since: 2020
Previous Positions: Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success Services, Central Piedmont Community College; Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, Benedict College; Director of Institutional Research, Jackson State University in Mississippi.
Affiliations and/or Boards: SACSCOC Board of Trustees: elected board member; Virginia Beach Vision Board of Directors; Greater Norfolk Corporation Board; Healthy Suffolk Board; Town Point Club Board; Rotary Club of Norfolk; CIVIC Leadership Institute; Cox Southside Advisory Committee; GO Virginia Region Council; Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative; Hampton Roads Regional Transit Advisory Panel; Hampton Roads Workforce Council; Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce; Downtown Norfolk Council
State Engagement: Strategic Planning Committee for the Virginia Community College System (VCCS): chair; VCCS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission: chair; United Way of South Hampton Roads: board member; WHRO/PBS Station, Virginia Beach Vision (chairs the Education Task Force); Virginia Arts Festival and Urban League: board member; State Task Force for Career and College Readiness: member
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2023, 2022, 2021
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: AACC VP Leadership Institute; Women in Higher Education; Advocates in Action
Education: Ph.D., Higher Education, University of Southern Mississippi; Master of Divinity, Hood Theological Seminary; Master in Economics, Bachelor in Psychology, Jackson State University
Other: 2022 Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award (2022); Black Business Leader Award (2023); Top 500 Power List in Virginia (2024-2025).
Benedict College (SC): part-time association profession (1995-96); Wingate University (NC): adjunct instructor (2012-14); Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC): evaluator