Alumni Directory

Alumni Directory

The alumni of the Postsecondary State Career Technical Education Leaders Fellowship at Advance CTE – sponsored by ECMC Foundation are addressing the current challenges associated with providing high-quality CTE programming to all postsecondary learners. Based on their extensive backgrounds in education and participation in the Fellowship, these postsecondary CTE leaders offer a nuanced perspective on program and institutional administrative practices and policies.

The alumni the Fellowship are from varied postsecondary positions from deans of departments at community colleges, four-year university instructors, and associate state postsecondary CTE directors to adult education administrators housed in K-12 institutions. They are mid-career CTE professionals with a clear goal of postsecondary state leadership.

Meet our Alumni

Connect with some of the greatest minds in postsecondary CTE and workforce development

Associate Professor
Areas of expertise:

CTE Faculty Preparation | Workforce Leadership & Development

Director of Special Projects & Innovation
Areas of expertise:

Instructor Professional Development | CTE & Reentry Pathways for Justice-Involved Individuals | Employer Engagement & Apprenticeship Sustainability

CTE Special Project & JAG State Coordinator
Areas of expertise:

Perkins Compliance | Grant Management | Career & Leadership Development | Program Management | Postsecondary Transitions

Accreditation & Licensure/Certification Manager
Areas of expertise:

Accreditation | Licensure & Certification | Workforce Research | Fund Development | Curriculum Development

Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
Areas of expertise:

Apprenticeships | Strategic Planning | Industry Partnerships

College & Career Readiness & Pathways Liaison
Areas of expertise:

Statewide System Development | Secondary & Postsecondary Pathways | Universal Design for Learning

Dean
Areas of expertise:

Postsecondary Enrollment | Postsecondary Completion & Success for API College Students

Director of Inclusive Excellence & Adjunct
Areas of expertise:

Wraparound Services for Underserved Student Groups | Student Success, Belonging, & Retention Strategies | Student Leadership Development | Strategic Plan Outcomes Assessment | Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Director, Strategic Initiatives
Areas of expertise:

Dual Enrollment Data | Research | Perkins | Career Pathways

Interim Associate Vice President of Workforce Education | Director of Corporate Training
Areas of expertise:

Justice-Involved Youth

Consultant
Areas of expertise:

Adult Learning | Industry Engagement

Program Director, Workforce Instruction
Areas of expertise:

Adult Learners | Workforce Alignment

Areas of expertise:

Work-Based Learning | Employer Engagement Strategies | Community & Industry Partnerships | EdTech for Work-Based Learning | Performance-Based Assessment

Adjunct Professor
Areas of expertise:

Soft Skills in Online Learning | Universal Design for Learning | Youth Labor Market Outcomes

Provost & Chief Campus Officer, Health Sciences
Areas of expertise:

Instructor Preparation | Equal Access Initiatives

Assistant Director
Areas of expertise:

Apprenticeship | Student Advising

Assistant Dean
Areas of expertise:

Student Retention & Outcomes Strategies

Assistant Professor & Department Chair
Areas of expertise:

Family & Consumer Sciences Education

Postsecondary State Association Director
Areas of expertise:

Learner Voice | Military Alignment | Partnerships & Collaboration | Perkins V

Director, Career Education Programs & Workforce Partnerships
Areas of expertise:

Workforce Alignment | Justice-Involved Learners | Program Development | Apprenticeships & Work-Based Learning | Perkins V

Director of Workforce Development
Areas of expertise:

Workforce Ecosystem | Workforce Development | Career Pathways

Assistant Professor & CTE Program Coordinator
Areas of expertise:

Workforce Development | Leadership & Talent Strategy | Trauma-Informed Coaching | Future-Proofing Leaders

Associate Director of Admissions
Areas of expertise:

Professional Development & DEI Training for Postsecondary CTE Administrators | Supporting Hispanic and Low SES students

Program Specialist
Areas of expertise:

Rural Education | Nontraditional Learners

Program Director, Trades & Technical Studies
Areas of expertise:

Postsecondary Transitions

Chief Visionary Officer
Areas of expertise:

Teacher Education | Work-Based Learning | Grant Writing

Director of Customized Training, Short-Term Credentials & Apprenticeships
Areas of expertise:

Postsecondary CTE

Nevada
Areas of expertise:

CTE Leadership | CTE Policy | Workforce Development | Educational Change Management

Education Specialist
Areas of expertise:

Nontraditional Student Enrollment | Perkins Compliance

Academic Program Director
Areas of expertise:

Mentoring | Dual Enrollment | Workforce Development | Experiential Learning | Private-Public Partnerships

National CTE Trainer
Areas of expertise:

Adult Learners & Continuing Education | Work-Based Learning & Industry Recognized Credentials

Education Consultant Counseling, Career Development
Areas of expertise:

Career Counseling | Career Pathways | Dual Enrollment

Director for Career & Technical Education
Areas of expertise:

Justice-Involved Learners

Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy
Areas of expertise:

Higher Education Policy, Advocacy, Research | Student Parent Success & Economic Mobility | Instructional Design & Online Pedagogy | Educational Research Consulting

Postsecondary Credit & P-TECH Coordinator
Areas of expertise:

Program Development | Interagency Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement | Education Policy & Program Oversight | Leadership Development & Capacity Building

Director of CTE Technical Assistance
Areas of expertise:

Special Populations in CTE | Multilingual Resources | Universal Design for Learning | Regional Collaboration | Cross-Agency Partnerships

Advance CTE Fellows are gaining the skills and connections to pursue state leadership positions and advance high-quality state postsecondary CTE systems.