Name: Dawn Lindsay
Job Title: President
Institution: Anne Arundel Community College
Since: 2012
Previous Positions: President, Glendale Community College; VP & Exec VP Academic and Student Services Dean, Riverside Community College; Tenured Faculty, Saddleback College; Adjunct
Affiliations and/or Boards: Board of Directors, League of Innovation (currently Chair); American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Commission on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (2015-2017 and 2020-2022); AACC Commission on Student Success (2020-2021); AACC Board of Directors (2018-2021); Anne Arundel County Executive Cabinet (2016-present); Governors Workforce Investment Board (2013-2019); Board Global Corporate College (2014-2016); CEO Representative for the CA Community College League of California; member of the Association of CA Community College Administrators
State Engagement: Member, Anne Arundel County Executive Cabinet; board member, Baltimore Washington Medical Center; Ft Meade Alliance; Governor’s Workforce Investment Board (2013-2019); Anne Arundel County Interfaith Advisory Council (2021-present); Anne Arundel Women Giving Together (2020-2021); Leadership Anne Arundel (2013)
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: panelist and presenter, AACC Future Leaders Institute ; member of Commission on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, Commission on Student Success, Academic, Student and Community Development, AACC CEO/Board Development – 2011
Education: Ed.D., Pepperdine Doctorate in Organizational Leadership; M.Ed., McDaniel College Educational Counseling: B.A., McDaniel College Psychology; B.SW., McDaniel Social Work
Other: Served over 30 years at five different community colleges and held multiple positions; earned first presidency in 2009. In 11th year as president of Anne Arundel Community College; Achieving the Dream – USC Racial Equity Leadership Academy (2021-2022); Stanford Collective Bargaining Training (2022)