Name: Lisa Rhine
Job Title: President & CEO
Institution: Yavapai College (AZ)
Since: 2019
Previous Positions: 2013-2019 Provost, Chesapeake Campus, Tidewater Community College; 2011-2013 VP for Student Affairs (interim), Northern Kentucky University; 2008-2011 Assistant VP for Student Affairs, Northern Kentucky University; 2003-2008 Associate Provost for Student Success, Wittenberg University; 2000-2003 Director of Learning & Academic Development, University of Dayton; 1989-2000, Manager Educational Services, Sinclair Community College
Affiliations and/or Boards: Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) Board of Directors, 2025 – present; Alliance for Innovation and Transformation (AFIT) Executive Committee, 2025-present; American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network. Presidential Liaison for State of Arizona. 2023-present; The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, Aspen Presidential Fellow, 2016-17, Inaugural Class; The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, Aspen Fellow Advisory Council, 3-Yr Term 2020-2022; The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, Fellowship Application Reviewer, 2021; The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, Aspen Prize Site Reviewer 2021.
State Engagement: Arizona Commerce Authority Board of Directors 2025-present; Arizona Women in Higher Education Executive Board-2019-present; Arizona Community College Coordinating Council-2019-present; Chair 2022-23, Vice Chair 2021-22, Treasurer 2020-21.
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: AACC Commission on Economic & Workforce Development (2021-2024); AACC Commission on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (2018-2020).
Education: Ph.D., Educational Administration, Capella University; MS.Ed., Special Education, University of Dayton; B.S., Rehabilitation Counseling, Wright State University; CERT, Deaf Studies, Sinclair Community College.
Other: I have worked for 36 years in higher education at 3 community colleges and 3 universities. Prior to that I worked at a psychiatric hospital as a hospital social worker, in community mental health as a youth caseworker, as a rehabilitation counselor and in a correctional institution as a counselor.