2009
Gerardo de los Santos, President and CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College (AZ)
Kay McClenney, Director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement and Sid W. Richardson Endowed Fellow, Community College Leadership Program, The University of Texas at Austin
2008
Steve Kinslow, President, Austin Community College
(TX)
Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor, Syracuse University (NY)
2007
Stephen K. Mittelstet, President, Richland College (TX)
2006
Zelema Harris, President, Parkland College (IL)
2005
Delores A. Parker, Vice President for Academic and Student Services, North
Carolina Community College System
Michael B. McCall, Chief Executive Officer and Founding President, Kentucky Community
and Technical College System
2004
George Boggs,
President and CEO,
American Association of Community Colleges
2003
Leonardo de la Garza, Chancellor, Tarrant County College District (TX)
2002
Arnette Ward, Past President, Chandler-Gilbert Community College (AZ)
2001
John Pickelman, Chancellor, North Harris Montgomery Community College
District (TX)
Bill Segura, Chancellor, Texas State Technical Colleges
2000
Robert Paxton, Past President, Iowa Central Community
College
David Pierce, Past President American Association of Community
Colleges (DC)
Charlie Roberts, President, Jackson State Community College (AL)
1999
Paul C. Gianini, Jr., President Emeritus, Valencia Community College
(FL)
1998
League for Innovation in the Community College
1997
James L. Hudgins, Past President, Midlands Technical College (SC)
Jerry S. Thornton, President, Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
1996
Walter Bumphus, Department Chair, Educational Administration, and Professor, Community College Leadership Program, The University of Texas at Austin
Byron McClenney, Director, Achieving the Dream, Community College
Leadership Program, The University of Texas at Austin
Robert Ramsay, Past Chancellor, Alamo Community College District (TX)
1995
Patrick McAtee, President, Cowley County Community College (KS)
Alfredo de los Santos Jr., Professor, Higher Education Arizona State University
1994
James L. Catanzaro, President, Chattanooga State Technical Community
College (TN)
Wilhelmina Delco, Adjunct Professor, CCLP, The University of Texas at
Austin & Former
Texas State Representative (1974-1994)
J. William Wenrich, Chancellor Emeritus, Dallas County Community College District
(TX)
1993
Terrel Bell, Former Secretary of Education
K. Patricia Cross, Professor, Higher Education, University of California-Berkeley
Thomas Curley, President & Publisher, USA Today
1992
Allen G. Edwards, President, Pellissippi State Technical
Community College (TN)
Ronald Horvath, President (Retired), Jefferson Community College (KY)
Donald G. Phelps, W.K. Kellogg Regents Professor,
The University of Texas at Austin
1991
Robert McCabe, President (Retired), Miami-Dade Community College (FL)
Connie Odems, Vice President (Retired), American Association of Community
Colleges
1990
Robert A. Gordon, President Emeritus, Humber College of Applied Arts & Technology
(CN)
Carl Kuttler, President, St. Petersburg College (FL)
Terry O’Banion, President Emeritus, League for Innovation in the
Community College
