Experience

Dallas College Brookhaven Campus

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • 2019 - Present

  Serve as chief executive officer of the campus. Lead both campus and college-wide initiatives with primary emphases in areas of business and community outreach to extend partnerships, expand resources, and to advance and build Dallas College's career connected learner network in support of current and future students; campus culture, including the student experience and the employee experience; and diversity, equity, and inclusion, working to ensure equitable outcomes for minority, low-income, and other underserved students.Build strong alliances among business and community leaders; pursue supportive resources to fund new and emerging program initiatives. Inspire a values-based campus culture that aligns with and advances the Dallas College mission, values, and strategic priorities. Facilitate engagement, accountability, professionalism, and continuous learning by all employees in a shared commitment to serving all students in an exceptional manner. Engage in succession planning efforts by facilitating development of leadership skills within current employees. Model effective communication that promotes transparency, professionalism, and respect. Make data-informed decisions that are strategically sound for both short and long-term initiatives. Model a collaborative leadership approach to best serve students who may be simultaneously learning on multiple campuses.



Dallas College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Provost

  • Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  Lead Student Academic Success Taskforce of the Rapid Response Team during the COVID-19 crisis and the district move to a one-college organizational structure.



Tarrant County College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President for Academic Affairs

  • Feb 2016 - Nov 2019

  Supervise 250 employees and an annual budget of $23.7 million. Serve as chief academic officer and advise president on academic matters. Serve as chief administrative officer in the absence of the president. Oversee library, academic support services, and academic divisions (including technical programs), including course and program development, course scheduling, and faculty and room assignments. Oversee hiring and evaluation processes. Handle student academic issues.



Mathematical Association of America

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Executive Director

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2016

  Supervised 13 employees and an annual budget of $3.75 million (separate from grant funding), almost half the association’s $8 million operating budget. Coordinated program development and management with numerous member-volunteers. Responsible for the Programs Department, including 16 federal grant programs (total budget of $14.3 million) and five privately funded programs (annual budget of $700,000); Meetings Department; Project NExT faculty development program; American Mathematics Competitions program; and public policy efforts.

• Dean, Mathematics and Natural Sciences

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

• Dean, Health and Natural Sciences

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011



East Central University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chair, Department of Mathematics

  • May 2005 - Aug 2009

  Secured $4.3 million in external funding for departmental scholarships, research, and educational initiatives. Supervised 8 full-time faculty, 5 adjuncts, and 10 student workers. Led the department in significant updates to the strategic plan, assessment plan, and all three degree programs. Responsible for semester course schedules and faculty teaching assignments, departmental budget, strategic plan, annual assessment report, program review, all departmental hiring, and other administrative duties. Established departmental Outstanding Alumnus Award, faculty mentoring program, student peer-mentoring program, supplemental instruction program, annual Pi Day (March 14) celebration, and annual Math Awareness Month (April) celebration; promoted undergraduate research with faculty.

• Faculty

  • Aug 1998 - Aug 2009



University of Oklahoma

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 1993 - 1995

  Taught mathematics courses at OU.



Inventory Specialists

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Owner

  • 1984 - 1992

  Employed two staff members, provided monthly merchandise inventory service to convenience stores.