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 of the first two cohorts of 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.