Dr. Angel M. Royal
Senior Vice President, Learning Ecosystems, Workforce Strategies & Intelligence
Ph: 202.728.0200 x255
aroyal@aacc.nche.edu
Dr. Angel M. Royal is the senior vice president of learning ecosystems, workforce strategies, and intelligence (LEWSI) for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). LEWSI focuses on the design, execution, and scaling of AACC’s workforce strategy and learning-innovation agenda. The role positions AACC as a national aggregator of data-driven insights and a leader in student-centered learning models, cross-sector education-to-employment systems, and ecosystem orchestration. This portfolio advances the development of scalable programs, partnerships, and grant initiatives that connect education, industry, government, and communities to advance equitable opportunity, economic mobility, and civic vitality.
Before joining AACC, Royal served as executive director of university outreach for The University of Texas at Austin. She worked in private industry as the director of special programs and initiatives with Best Associates in Dallas, Texas. From 2002 to 2007, she served as executive assistant to the president and vice president of external affairs with the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. She was executive assistant to the chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College from 2001-2002 and served as special programs manager with the Louisiana Board of Regents from 1999-2001.
In addition to her administrative work, Royal has been an adjunct faculty member teaching developmental English and reading at Baton Rouge Community College and in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.
Royal holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in creative writing, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, an Ed.S. in curriculum and instruction, and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Louisiana State University.