The Chair Academy : 2009 Exemplary Leader Award Winners

The Chair Academy, an organization dedicated to advancing academic and administrative leadership training worldwide, takes great pride in announcing this year's 2009 Exemplary Leader Award Winners. This award represents a leader, or team of leaders, in post-secondary institutions worldwide who have modeled best practices to advance academic and adminstrative leadership development.

What makes this award so special is that each leader was nominated by someone within their college. There can be no higher honor than being recognized by your colleagues.

	Individual Award Recipients
Jose Adames Provost-Plainfield Campus, Union County College Cranford, New Jersey	Pedro Arce Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee	Sherrill Brown Chair, Research Council, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
John Burgeson Dean, Continuing Studies, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota	Irene Burkland Strategic Consultant, Gallup, Omaha, Nebraska	Arthur Coren Dean, School of Business, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Alice Cowan Director, Counseling & Transfer Articulation, Danville Area Community College, Danville, Illinois	Betsy Davis Dean of Workforce Development, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida	Tamara Davis Faculty Liaison and English Instructor, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, Oklahoma
Ernie Friend Director, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida	Scott Geddis Faculty/Director of Athletics, Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona	Linda Guzzo Dean, Continuing Education & Economic Development, Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
Lee Haldeman Associate Vice President, Academic, SAIT, Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Michael Hatton Vice President Academic, Humber College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Fannie Hewlett Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Dave Kato Chair, Academic Council, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Dorsey Kendrick President, Gateway Community College, New Haven, Connecticut	Maria Kouppas Head of School Business and Hospitality, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Irene Lewis President and CEO, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Ruth Liberman Humanities Division Chair, Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, New York	Loren Lippencott Associate Dean, Health Human & Protective Services Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, Wisconsin
Barbara Mafnas Faculty Coordinator, Medical Assisting Program, Guam Community College, Barrigada, Guam	Susan May President and Chief Executive Officer, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin	Ana Nasser Director Child Development Center, Danville Area Community College, Danville, Illinois
Patricia Owen Division Director, Liberal Arts and Social Science, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, Connecticut	Myra Peavyhouse Dean, Humanities Division, Roane State Community College, Harriman, Tennessee	LaDonn People Professor of Occupational Therapy Technology, Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, Michigan
Shirley Pippens President, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York	Kathryn Rhodes Dean Student Academic Support services, Roane State Community College, Harriman, Tennessee	Matthew Robinson Assistant Professor Mathematics, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Florida
Billie Sanders Chair, Exercise, Nutrition, and Sport Sciences, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio	Linda Schwandt Dean, General Studies and Educational Services, Western Technical College, La Crosse, Wisconsin	Jeffrey Smith Instructional Program Manager, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Janet Swinnich Professor of Physics and Engineering Science, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, New York	George Tvelia College Assoc. Dean - Professional Advancement, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY	Connie Willfahrt Vice President - Student Affairs, Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
	Dianne Williams Director, D.E.W. Consultancy Services, Donvale, Victoria, Australia

Team Award Recipients

John A. Logan College and Career Readiness Team
John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois

Dr. John O’Keefe, John A. Logan College Trustee Member, Mike Hopkins, John A. Logan College Trustee Member, Dr. Robert Mees, President, Dr. Julia Schroeder, Vice President of Instruction, Dr. Denise Crews, Associate Dean of Education, Mabel Hayes, Director of Special Projects, Toyin Fox, Director of Educational Programming

Ad Hoc Committee on Student Enrollment Management
Ivy Tech Community College, Evansville, Tennessee

Gloria Coons, Administrative Assistant, Applied Science - Elaine Leonard, Registrar's Office - Stacie Coley, Registrar's Office - Molly Pease, Admissions Office - Dora Jones, Admissions Office

Center for Historic Preservation
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Laura Holder (Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Manager), Ann Hendrix (Center Secretary), Elizabeth Moore (Center Fieldwork Coordinator), Stacey Graham (Center Research Professor), Cindy Duke (Center Executive Aide) Seated (left-right): Anne-Leslie Owens (Center Manager), Van West (Center Director), Caneta Hankins (Center Assistant Director)

Mid-East Tennessee Regional P-16 Council’s Standard
Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee

Dr. Wade McCarney, President, Walters State Community College, Dr. John LaPrise, Dean of Mathematics Division, Walters State Community College, Mr. Terry Acuff, Director, Grainger County Schools, Dr. Lori Campbell, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Walters State Community College, Ms. Cathy Woods, Coordinator of Technical Education, Co-Coordinator P-16, Ms. Linda Roberts, Dean, Distance Education, Coordinator of P-16