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PRESIDENT
Company NamePueblo Community College
Dates Employed1993 – 2000
Employment Duration7 yrs
LocationPueblo, Colorado
· Provided leadership for three campuses and 256 faculty and staff which served over 8,000 credit students and an annual budget of over $47.0 million ($25 million operating)
· Developed and constructed the Gorsich Advanced Technology Center by raising $4.0 million from Colorado Legislature, $3.7 million from private gifts, and $30.0 million from business and industry partnerships
· Led college in achieving a 30% enrollment increase over seven years
· Increased the Foundation endowment from $1.4 million to over $7.2 million
· Secured two special legislative appropriations of $1.5 and $4.6 million for upgrading campus technology infrastructure
· Received $4.69 million from Colorado Legislature to remodel Health Sciences facilities and remodeled College Center at cost of $4.2 million
· Established the Colorado Advanced Photonics Institute in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Manufacturing Academy and the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute with $600,000 from the Colorado Legislature
· Coordinated the development of PCC Online – the state’s first on-line degree program
· Established sister college with Yamagata College of Industry and Technology in Yamagata, Japan
· Formed the Pueblo Community Compact with the CEOs of local university, two school districts, and two chambers of commerce to address local educational issues
· Partnered with Pueblo County School District 70 to establish the Pueblo Technical Academy, a new high school with an emphasis on engineering and engineering technologies
· Implemented the Accelerated College Education (ACE) program enabling students to earn an associate degree in five semesters while attending only evenings and weekends
· Developed business and industry partnerships resulting in over $40.0 million in training, equipment, and contributions for the college and raised over $1.0 million to match the state for construction of a new $9.2 million campus in Fremont County
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