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President
Company NameColorado Community College System
Dates Employed2000 – 2003
Employment Duration3 yrs
LocationDenver, Colorado
· Provided leadership for 13 colleges, 38 campuses, and 2,500 faculty and staff, which serve over 116,000 credit students and an annual budget of over $338 million
· Led colleges in achieving largest enrollment increase in over nine years; appropriations since the establishment of the system
· Received $87 million from Colorado Legislature for construction of new facilities
· Developed and implemented a legislative strategy and agenda that, in spite of a challenging economy, resulted in the largest one year increase in general fund
· Secured special legislative appropriations of $1.40 million to buy-down student tuition
· Initiated and sustained collaboration and partnership with key organizations in business and industry, philanthropy, and state and federal government
· Established and implemented systems using technology to provide disintermediated services to students, clients, faculty, staff, and administrators
· Frequent speaker and author on issues related to improved student learning and system performance, including higher education transformation, assessment, accountability and institutional effectiveness
· Promoted and shaped higher education reform in Colorado through testimony at legislative hearings
· Established a Professional Development Center with a focus on student and client service and classroom quality
· Established a partnership with the Mexican Consulate to improve outreach to recent immigrants
· Worked with government and educational leaders from Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Mexico, Japan, and the United Kingdom to improve global educational programs
· Expanded CCC Online to become one of the most successful and profitable on-line instructional delivery systems in the United States; and negotiated a statewide transfer agreement that improved the transferability of courses between all community colleges and the Colorado State College System
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