NOMINATED BY: Community Colleges of Appalachia (CCA)
POSITION: Since 2013, president of Central Alabama Community College, a public institution with two campuses and two centers spanning a seven-county region of East Central Alabama.
PREVIOUS: Twenty-six years at Bevill State Community in Northwest Alabama. Positions included: Dean of Academic Programs and the Hamilton Campus, Hamilton Campus Associate Dean, Academic and Health Science Programs Division Chair, and Nursing Faculty member. Additionally, served as the Alabama Regional Coordinator of Phil Theta Kappa, International Honor Society, and as BSCC’s Alpha Psi Xi chapter advisor and served as a Certified Faulty of Leadership Development.
AFFILIATIONS: Boards: All Alabama Academic Team Foundation President; Russell Medical Hospital Board Member; Gateway Scholarship Foundation Board Member; Leadership Lake Martin Board; Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement; Lake Martin Economic Development Alliance Board Vice Chair; AACC’s Commission on Economic and Workforce Development Member; AACC’s Task Force on Community College Apprenticeship Member; Alabama Community College System President’s Association President
EDUCATION: Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, University of Mississippi; Post Masters Certification Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Alabama Birmingham; MS, Clinical Nurse Specialist Family Practice, University of Alabama Birmingham; B.S.N, Nursing, University of North Alabama. Publications: “Insights into Economic Leadership” (The Appalachian, 2017).
OTHER: Presentations: 2018 University of Alabama (ACCLA), “President’s Panel: Leadership Challenges Past and Present”; 2017 NACCE The Power of Partnership, “Closing the Skills Gap While Doing More with Less”; 2017 ACCSPA “Outcomes Based Funding” panel discussion; 2016 Complete College America, GPS Direct Seal of Approval, co-presenter with Full Measure Education as recipient for GPS Emerging Technology Award. Awards: Business Alabama’s Movers and Shapers, “a leader who is shaping the landscape of Regional progress in Alabama (Elmore, Autauga, Calhoun, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties in Alabama” 2016-present); Leadership Lake Martin Class of 2017.