Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge Signees
Community College Presidents
Committed to Entrepreneurial Transformation
"The Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge is supported by ACCT as an important strategy for meeting the educational, economic, and workforce development roles of the 21st century entrepreneurial community college."
Noah Brown, Former CEO, ACCT
The presidents who have signed the Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge have committed to join the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship and UP American (formerly, the White-house initiative StartUp America) to encourage economic growth through entrepreneurship.
| Canada | |
| Cheryl Jensen | Algonquin College |
| Fred Gibbons | Northern College |
| Trent Keough | signed at Portage College; now retired |
| United Kingdom | |
| Fintan Donohue | signed Gazelle Colleges; now retired |
| Alabama | |
| Dr. Susan Burrow | signed at Central Alabama Community College |
| Dr. Humphrey Lee | signed at Northwest-Shoals Community College - Muscle Shoals; now retired |
| Arizona | |
| Dr. Steven Gonzales | GateWay Community College |
| Dr. Teresa Leyba Ruiz | Glendale Community College |
| Dr. Paul Dale | Paradise Valley Community College |
| Dr. Larry Johnson | Phoenix College |
| Dr. Lorraine Morales | signed at Pima Community College - Community Campus; now retired |
| Dr. Morgan Phillips | Pima Community College - Desert Vista Campus |
| Dr. Lee Lambert | Pima Community College - District |
| Dr. David Dore | Pima Community College - Northwest Campus |
| Dr. Chris Bustamante | signed at Rio Salado College; now retired |
| Kate Smith, M.S. | Rio Salado |
| Dr. Shari Olson | South Mountain Community College |
| Dr. Penelope Wills | signed at Yavapai College; now retired |
| Arkansas | |
| Dr. James Shemwell | Arkansas Northeastern College |
| Dr. Robin Myers | Arkansas State University-Mountain Home |
| Dr. Eugene McKay | signed at Arkansas State University-Beebe; now retired |
| Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker | signed at College of the Ouachitas; now at College of the Siskiyous |
| Dr. Steve Cole | Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas |
| Dr. Coy Grace | signed at East Arkansas Community College; now retired |
| Dr. Jackie Elliott | signed at North Arkansas College; now at Central Arizona College |
| Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson | Northwest Arkansas Community College |
| Dr. Phillip Wilson | Rich Mountain Community College |
| Dr. Barbara Jones | South Arkansas Community College |
| Dr. Corbet Lamkin | signed at Southern Arkansas University Tech; now retired |
| Chris Thomason | University of Arkansas Community College at Hope |
| Dr. Larry Davis | University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton |
| California | |
| Dr. Kevin Walthers | Allan Hancock College |
| Dianna R. Gonzales, JD, Interim Chancellor | City College of San Francisco |
| Dr. Matthew Wetstein | Cabrillo College |
| Dr. Susan Sperling | Chabot College |
| Michael Claire | signed at College of San Mateo |
| Dr. Dianne Van Hook | College of the Canyons |
| Dr. Angela Fairchilds | signed at Columbia College; now retired |
| Dr. Kevin Trutna | Feather River College |
| Dr. David Viar | Glendale Community College |
| Dr. Willard Lewallen | Hartnell College |
| Dr. Glenn Roquemore | signed at Irvine Valley College |
| Dr. Eloy Oakley | signed at Long Beach City College; now at CA Community Colleges |
| Dr. Monica Green | Norco College |
| Donald G. Wallace, Ph.D. | Palo Verde College |
| Dr. Erika Endrijonas | signed at Los Angeles Valley College; now at Pasadena City College |
| Dr. Rajen Vurdien | signed at Pasadena City College; now retired |
| Dr. Tod Burnett | signed at Saddleback College; now at Brandman University |
| Bruce Baron | San Bernardino Community College District |
| Dr. Carlos Turner Cortez | San Diego Continuing Education |
| Dr. Kathleen Hart | San Joaquin Delta College |
| Daniel Walden, PhD | Victor Valley College |
| Brad Davis | West Valley College |
| Colorado | |
| Dr. Lance Bolton | Pikes Peak Community College |
| Dr. Michele Haney | Red Rocks Community College |
| Connecticut | |
| Dr. Gena Glickman | signed at Manchester Community College; now retired |
| Dr. David Levinson | signed at Norwalk Community College; now retired |
| Florida | |
| David Armstrong | signed at Broward College; now retired |
| Dr. Jim Henningsen | College of Central Florida |
| Dr. Lawrence Barrett | Florida Gateway College |
| Dr. Kenneth Atwater | Hillsborough Community College |
| Dr. Edwin Massey | signed at Indian River State College; now retired |
| Dr. Devin Stephenson | Northwest Florida State College |
| Dr. Timothy L. Beard | Pasco-Hernando State College |
| Dr. Edward Meadows | Pensacola State College |
| Dr. Jackson Sasser | signed at Santa Fe College; now retired |
| Dr. E. Ann McGhee | signed at Seminole State College |
| Dr. William Law | signed at St. Petersburg College |
| Dr. Jim Murdaugh | Tallahassee Community College |
| Hawaii | |
| Dr. Helen Cox | signed at University of Hawaii - Kaua'i Community College; now retired |
| Mr. Douglas Dykstra | University of Hawaii - Windward Community College |
| Idaho | |
| Dr. Rick MacLennan | North Idaho College |
| Illinois | |
| Dr. Brian Caputo | College of DuPage |
| Dr. David Sam | Elgin Community College |
| Dr. Ken Ender | signed at Harper College; now retired |
| Dr. Avis Proctor | William Rainey Harper College |
| Dr. Jerry Corcoran | Illinois Valley Community College |
| Dr. Michael Dreith | signed at John A. Logan College |
| Dr. Thomas Ramage | Parkland College |
| Dr. Terri Winfree | Prairie State College |
| Dr. Cristobal Valdez | Richland Community College |
| Curtis Oldfield | Spoon River College |
| Indiana | |
| Dr. Andrew Bowne | Ivy Tech Community College - East Central |
| Dr. David Bathe | Ivy Tech Community College - Lafayette |
| Dr. Jerrilee Mosier | Ivy Tech Community College - Northeast |
| Dr. Marlon R. Mitchell | Ivy Tech Community College - Northwest |
| Iowa | |
| Dr. Joe DeHart | Des Moines Area Community College - Newton Campus |
| Dr. Donald Doucette | Eastern Iowa Community College District |
| Dr. Linda Allen | Hawkeye Community College |
| Dr. Marlene Sprouse | Indian Hills Community College |
| Dr. Dan Kinney, Jr. | Iowa Central Community College |
| Dr. Valerie Newhouse | Iowa Lakes Community College |
| Dr. Christopher Duree | Iowa Valley Community College District |
| Dr. Dan Kinney, Sr. | Iowa Western Community College |
| Dr. Steven Schulz | North Iowa Area Community College |
| Dr. Alethea Stubbe | Northwest Iowa Community College |
| Dr. Liang Chee Wee | Northeast Iowa Community College |
| Dr. Michael Ash | Southeastern Community College |
| Dr. Terry Murrell | Western Iowa Tech Community College |
| Kansas | |
| John Masterson | Allen Community College - Iola Campus |
| James Dennis Genandt | Manhattan Area Technical College |
| Dr. Brian Inbody | Neosho County Community College |
| Dr. Sheree Utash | Wichita Area Technical College |
| Kentucky | |
| Dr. Kay Adkins | Ashland Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Sherry Zylka | Big Sandy Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Juston Pate | Elizabethtown Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Fernando Figueroa | Gateway Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Jennifer Lindon | Hazard Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Cynthia Kelley | Madisonville Community College |
| Dr. Stephen M. Vacik | signed at Maysville Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Kristen Westover | Mountain Empire Community College |
| Dr. Vic Adams | Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College |
| Maine | |
| Dr. Ronald Cantor | Southern Maine Community College |
| Maryland | |
| Dr. Dawn Lindsay | Anne Arundel Community College |
| Dr. Barbara Viniar | Chesapeake College |
| Dr. Kathleen Hetherington | Howard Community College |
| Dr. Charlene Dukes | Prince George's Community College |
| Murray Hoy | Wor-Wic Community College |
| Massachusetts | |
| Dr. Pam Eddinger | Bunker Hill Community College |
| Dr. Daniel Asquino | Mount Wachusett Community College |
| Michigan | |
| Ms. Jean Goodnow | Delta College |
| James Jacobs | signed at Macomb Community College; now retired |
| Christine M. Hammond, Ph.D. | signed at Mid Michigan Community College; now retired |
| Tim Hood | Mid Michigan Community College |
| Dr. Dale Nesbary | Muskegon Community College |
| Timothy Nelson | Northwestern Michigan College |
| Rose Bellanca | Washtenaw Community College |
| Minnesota | |
| Peggy Kennedy | Minnesota State Community & Technical College |
| Rassoul Dastmozd | signed at Saint Paul College; now retired |
| Nebraska | |
| Dr. Kathy Fuchser | Central Community College |
| Dr. Greg P. Smith | signed at Central Community College |
| Randy Schmailzl | Metropolitan Community College |
| Ryan Purdy | Mid-Plains Community College |
| Michael Chipps | Northeast Community College |
| Dr. Paul Illich | Southeast Community College |
| New Jersey | |
| Dr. Jon Connolly | Sussex County Community College |
| New Mexico | |
| Dr. Katharine Winograd | signed at Central New Mexico Community College; now retired |
| John Madden | Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell |
| New York | |
| Dr. Karrin Wilks | signed at Borough of Manhattan Community College |
| Randall VanWagoner | Mohawk Valley Community College |
| Katherine P. Douglas | Monroe Community College |
| Dr. Steve Tyrell | North Country Community College |
| Dr. Kristine Duffy | SUNY/Adirondack Community College |
| Dr. Kevin Drumm | SUNY/Broome Community College |
| Dr. Daniel DeMarte | SUNY/Jamestown Community College |
| Carole McCoy | SUNY/Jefferson Community College |
| Carl Haynes | SUNY/Tompkins Cortland Community College |
| Dr. Alan P. Roberts | SUNY/Ulster County Community College |
| North Carolina | |
| Dr. Dennis King | Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College |
| Dr. Larry Ferguson | Ashland Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Suzanne Walsh | Bennett College |
| Dr. Susanne Adams | signed at Brunswick Community College; now retired |
| Dr. John Houser | signed at Carteret Community College |
| Dr. Garrett Hinshaw | Catawba Valley Community College |
| Dr. Jason Hurst | Cleveland Community College |
| Dr. J. Larry Keen | Fayetteville Technical Community College |
| Dr. Michael Elam | Halifax Community College |
| Walter Dalton | Isothermal Community College |
| Dr. John C. Boyd | Mayland Community College |
| Dr. Chad Bledsoe | Montgomery Community College |
| Dr. Walter Bartlett | Piedmont Community College |
| Dr. Dale McInnis | Richmond Community College |
| Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail | St. Augustine's University |
| Dr. Paulette Dillard | Shaw University |
| John Enamait, PhD | Stanly Community College |
| Dr. Donna Tipton-Rogers | Tri-County Community College |
| Rachel Desmarais, Ph.D | Vance-Granville Community College |
| Dr. Stephen Scott | signed at Wake Technical Community College; now retired |
| Dr. Scott Ralls | Wake Technical Community College |
| Dr. Tim Wright | Wilson Community College |
| Ohio | |
| Dr. Betty Young | Hocking College |
| Dr. Marcia J. Ballinger | Lorain County Community College |
| Dorey Diab | North Central State College |
| Dr. Michael Thomson | Northwest State Community College |
| Dr. Kevin Boys | Southern State Community College |
| Oregon | |
| Frank Toda | Columbia Gorge Community College |
| Dr. Cathy Kemper-Pelle | Rogue Community College |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt | Bucks County Community College |
| John Sygielski | Harrisburg Area Community College |
| Dr. Ann Bieber | Lehigh Carbon Community College |
| Dr. Mark H. Erickson | Northampton Community College |
| South Carolina | |
| Dr. Ben Dillard III | Florence-Darlington Technical College |
| Dr. Keith Miller | Greenville Technical College |
| Dr. Ronald L. Rhames | Midlands Technical College |
| South Dakota | |
| Mark Millage | Kilian Community College |
| Tennessee | |
| Dr. William Seymour | Cleveland State Community College |
| Karen Bowyer | Dyersburg State Community College |
| L. Anthony Wise Jr. | Pellissippi State Community College |
| Dr. Chris Whaley | Roane State Community College |
| Mark Lenz | Tennessee Technology Center - Nashville |
| Ivan Jones | Tennessee Technology Center - Shelbyville |
| Dr. Rebecca Ashford | Chattanooga State Community College |
| Texas | |
| Dr. Richard Rhodes | Austin Community College District |
| Dr. Thom Chesney | Brookhaven College |
| Dr. Jennifer Wimbish | Cedar Valley College |
| Dr. Zachary Hodges | Houston Community College - Northwest Campus |
| Dr. Cesar Maldonado | Houston Community College District |
| Dr. Zarina Blankenbaker | Tarrant County Community College - Northwest |
| Dr. Eugene Giovannini | Tarrant County Community College District |
| Michael Metke | Tyler Junior College |
| Utah | |
| Deneece G. Huftalin, PhD | Salt Lake Community College |
| Dr. Gary L. Carlston | Snow College |
| Dr. Joe Peterson | Utah State University Eastern |
| Vermont | |
| Joseph Bertolino | Lyndon State College |
| Virginia | |
| Dr. John Rainone | Dabney S Lancaster Community College |
| Dr. Kris Westover | Mountain Empire Community College |
| Dr. Angeline Godwin | Patrick Henry Community College |
| Dr. Daniel Lufkin | Paul D Camp Community College |
| John Dever | Thomas Nelson Community College |
| Washington | |
| Dr. Warren Brown | North Seattle College |
| Dr. Gary Oertli | South Seattle Community College |
| Steven VanAusdle | Walla Walla Community College |
| West Virginia | |
| Dr. Peter Checkovich | Blue Ridge Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Eunice Bellinger | signed at Bridge Valley Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Chuck Terrell | signed at Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Keith Cotroneo | Signed at Mountwest Community & Technical College; now retired |
| Dr. L. Washington | Signed at New River Community and Technical College; now at Kalamazoo Valley Community College |
| Dr. Bonnie Copenhaver | New River Community and Technical College |
| Dr. Johnny M. Moore | signed at Pierpont Community & Technical College; now retired |
| Dr. Anthony Hancock | Pierpont Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Robert Gunter | signed at Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College; now retired |
| Dr. Michael Koon | West Virginia Northern Community & Technical College |
| Dr. Chris Gilmer | West Virginia University at Parkersburg |
| Wisconsin | |
| Bruce Barker | Chippewa Valley Technical College |
| Dr. Susan May | Fox Valley Technical College |
| Dr. Bryan Albrecht | Gateway Technical College |
| Dr. Jack E. Daniels | Madison College |
| Dr. Lori Weyers | Northcentral Technical College |
| Jeffrey Rafn | Northeast Wisconsin Technical College |
| Wyoming | |
| Dr. Brad Tyndall | Central Wyoming College |
| Karla Leach | Western Wyoming Community College |