Name: Patricia Sims
Job Title: President
Institution: Drake State Community and Technical College
Since: 2018
Previous Positions: Dean, College of Education, Athens State University; Dean of Instruction and Student Services, Drake State; Student Services Management Director, Drake State; Adjunct Instructor, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Educational Leadership; Adjunct Faculty Member, Concordia University-Portland; University Supervisor, University of Phoenix
Affiliations and/or Boards: National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) Member – Presidential Appointment; Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Presidents Advisory Board; SACSCOC Committees on Compliance and Reports, Committee Member; SACSCOC, Alabama Delegation, Vice President, Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees; Conference Presentation Reviewer-American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
State Engagement: Alabama State Port Authority, Board of Trustees, Northern District Representative.
Alabama United: Education Committee, Committee Member; Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust Board of Trustees; Alabama Partnership for Children, Board of Trustees
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2022
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: Attended the AACC Workforce Development Institute in January 2020
Education: Doctor of Education, Organizational Leadership and Development, Vanderbilt Peabody College; Master’s in education, Alabama A & M University; Bachelor of Science in biology, The University of West Alabama
Other: 2021 Yellow Hammer Women of Impact; Ten Most Dominant HBCU Leaders of 2019; 2019 Class of Women Who Shape the State of Alabama; Excellence in Education Award, Union Chapel Christian Academy Foundation, Inc., 2019; Making a Difference Award in the category of Education, The Ivy Center Foundation of Huntsville/Madison County, 2019; Outstanding Alumni Award, AAMU Progressive Alumni Chapter, Inc., 2019