A national advisory board of recognized community college leaders guides the program; many serve as associate faculty and guest lecturers.
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Keith Bird, Ph.D. Dr. Bird is the former Chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College system. His Ph.D. is from Duke University. |
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Donald Burns, Ph.D. Dr. Burns is president emeritus of Montcalm Community College. Prior to his 25 years as president he served as dean of student and community services and as executive vice-president. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He also serves on the advisory board for the Ferris State University Community College Leadership Program. Although his wife Maureen claims that his favorite hobby has always been serving on boards (some of his current boards include a private college, bank, and foundation), Don enjoys reading, movies, hiking and travel. His most recent venture was to hike the Inca Trail and visit Machu Picchu. He is excited to be part of the DCCL program. |
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Diane Chaddock, Ed.D. Dr. Chaddock serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Southwestern Michigan College. As Chief Operating Officer, she is directly responsible for all of the internal operations of the College and provides leadership and coordination for all cross divisional activities. In this role she also serves as the chief academic officer. Under her leadership, Southwestern Michigan College has implemented a culture of continuous quality improvement anchored in the College goals of quality, student success, and service to the community. The success of this culture change is evidenced by the current ranking of the College in the top 10% of the nation in student course success and the top 1% of the nation in student transfer success. Dr. Chaddock has a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Western Michigan University, a Master of Arts in Science Education from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of the State of New York. She has published numerous articles on outcomes assessment and is also a frequent presenter on issues in higher education. Her book, “Wildflowers of the Dunes” was written out of a personal interest in plant life and the environment. |
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Ding-Jo H. Currie, Ph.D. Coast Community College District includes Coastline College, Golden West College and Orange Coast College. Dr. Currie was also president of Coastline Community College. Dr. Currie currently serves on several national boards including the American Council on Education (ACE), Council of Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Higher Education Resource Services (HERS), and Air University. She also served as Chair of the American Association of Community Colleges in 2008. |
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Joyce Elsner, Ed.D. Dr. Elsner has served as Vice President for Administrative Services at South Mountain and Glendale Community Colleges, Dean of Instruction at Rio Salado Community College, and Vice Chancellor for Education Development at Coast Community College District. |
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James Jacobs, Ph.D. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Jacobs concurrently served as Director of the Center for Workforce Development and Policy at the college, and as the Associate Director of the Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. |
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Margaret B. Lee, Ph.D. Margaret B. Lee began her tenure as president of Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, on July 1, 1995. She holds the rank of professor of English at the College where she served as academic vice president from 1985 to 1995. Her prior administrative positions in Michigan include dean of instruction at Kalamazoo Valley Community College (1982-85) and dean of liberal arts at Alpena Community College (1980-82). President Lee received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in English literature and intellectual history from Regis College in Massachusetts while she was a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Boston. She also earned Master of Arts and doctoral degrees in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago and certificates from Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management in 1992 and the Seminar for New Presidents in 1996. |
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Gunder Myran, Ed.D. Dr. Myran is the author of several books on leadership of community colleges. He was inducted in 2009 to the Hall of Fame of the International Adult and Continuing Education Association. He currently serves as a consultant to the chancellor of the Wayne County Community College District. |
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Donald Newport, Ph.D. Dr. Newport is a former board member of the AACC and helped defined the competencies for community college leaders. |
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David Ponitz, Ed.D. Dr. Ponitz is nationally recognized as a presidential search consultant. He is also a trustee of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. |
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Thomas J. Snyder Ivy Tech is the nation's largest singly-accredited statewide community college system and the largest institution of higher education in Indiana. Ivy Tech has been selected as one of four community colleges nationwide to host the U.S. Education Department's regional community college summit, focusing on practices for increasing completion rates. The selection follows Snyder's visit to the White House to participate in the first ever White House Summit on Community Colleges held in October, 2010. Prior to joining Ivy Tech, he was Chairman at Flagship Energy Systems Center and President/CEO Delco Remy International, Inc. |
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Diane K. Troyer, Ph.D. Dr. Troyer specializes in access and completion in public community colleges. Until July 2010, she served as a Senior Program Officer with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation where she served on the postsecondary success team focused on significantly increasing the numbers of low income young adults who obtain a postsecondary degree or credential that has value in the workplace. Dr. Troyer served as the founding president of Lone Star College - CyFair in Cypress, Texas. Dr. Troyer received her Ph.D. in Community College Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin. |
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Robert Ewigleben, Ph.D. Dr. Ewigleben is widely regarded for his leadership in higher education, has amassed a record of achievement during his more than 30 years as a teacher and administrator. Dr. Ewigleben culminated his career as president of Ferris State College, where he served from 1971 to 1984. Outspoken and direct, Dr. Ewigleben transformed Ferris during his 13 years as its chief administrative officer. During his tenure, the college made more than 40 curriculum changes, and established the Michigan College of Optometry, the state's only such program, the $6 million Manufacturing Resource and Production Center, and what is now known as the Ewigleben Sports Complex. An internationalist, he was instrumental in forging relationships with universities throughout the world and building exchange programs between Ferris faculty and those in Belize, Columbia, and the Asian and African continents. Dr. Ewigleben grew up in Michigan, and worked as a machine operator in Lansing to pay for his education. He began his career as a mathematics and chemistry teacher in Croswell, Michigan. He later served as a principal and superintendent. His move to higher education came in 1960 when he became assistant director of Purdue University's regional campus in Indianapolis. He would go on to serve as vice president at Humboldt State University and as president of the College of San Mateo, which at the time was the largest community college in California. Dr. Ewigleben earned all three of his degrees from Michigan State University: a bachelor's in biology (1952), a master's in educational administration (1956), and a Ph.D. in educational administration (1969). |
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