Name: Clyne Namuo
Job Title: President
Institution: Joliet Junior College (IL)
Since: 2022
Previous Positions: Interim President, Phoenix College (1.5 years); Vice President of Learning and Chief Academic Officer, South Mountain Community College (3 years); Dean, Business and Technology, Cochise College (2 years); CIS Faculty/Department Chair (11 years).
Affiliations and/or Boards: ACCT Advisory Board of Presidents; Higher Learning Commission Institutional Actions Council, Diversity Committee member; Will County Center for Economic Development Council; Grundy Economic Development Council; Greater Joliet YMCA Board of Directors; Will County Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors; Joliet Rotary Club.
State Engagement: South Metropolitan Higher Education Council, Chair; Illinois Community College President’s Council, member; Illinois Statewide Behavioral Health Workforce Council, member.
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2025, 2024, 2023.
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: AACC New CEO Academy (2022); AACC New CEO Academy Panelist (2023); AACC Commission on College Readiness; AACC Annual Presenter (2024).
Education: Ph.D., Higher Education Strategy, University of Arizona; MSBA, Information Systems, San Diego State University; BBA Marketing, University of Hawaii.
Other: Dr. Namuo’s commitment to student success — particularly first-generation students — continues at JJC, where he announced the creation of the Namuo Family Endowed Scholarship for First Generation Students in September 2022. Far ahead of schedule, the scholarship was fully endowed in 2024, and the first Namuo scholars received their awards for the fall 2024 semester. Dr. Namuo started the scholarship to honor the struggles and sacrifices his parents made to give him and his brother a better life.
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