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Board Conference Presentations

Association of Community College Trustees Leadership Congress Presentations

2024

How DEI Commitment Strengthens Board Work (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters: 

  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Chair, Montgomery College Board of Trustees
  • Kimberly Jones, Interim Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
  • Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, President

2023

Engaging the Community During a Presidential Transition ​ (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters:

  • Annice Cody, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Omar A. Lazo, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Robert F. Levey, Trustee | Montgomery  College
  • Dr. Michelle T. Scott, Special Assistant to the President | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, President | Montgomery College

2022

Creativity and Intentionality: Meeting the Basic Needs of Students and Families During COVID-19 and Beyond​ (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters: 

  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Melissa Gregory, Associate Senior Vice President for Student Affairs | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Tonya Mason, Dean of Student Affairs | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, President | Montgomery College 
Previous Congress Presentations

2014–2021

2021

From Awareness to Action to Change: Becoming an Antiracist Institution (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters:

  • Dr. Michael A. Brintnall, Chair, Board of Trustees | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, Interim President | Montgomery College
  • Marsha Suggs Smith, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Sharon B. Wilder, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer | Montgomery College
2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no conference presentations were given in 2020.

2019

Building the Future: Collaborating with Campus Constituents in Candid Conversation (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters:

  • DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Kenneth Hoffman, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Robert Levey, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Susan Cottle Madden, Chief Government Relations Officer | Montgomery College

2018

Mitigating Risk and Instilling Ethics through Compliance (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters:

  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Vicki Duggan, Chief of Compliance, Risk, and Ethics | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Kenneth Hoffman, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Robert Levey, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Benjamin Wu, Trustee | Montgomery College

2017

Trustee Information Day: A Day in the Life of a Student  (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Presenters:

  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Marsha Suggs Smith, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Robert Hydorn, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Robert Levey, Trustee | Montgomery College

2016

Alternate Placement:  Moving Students Forward (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  

Presenters:

  • Marsha Suggs Smith, Chair, Board of Trustees | Montgomery College
  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Second Vice Chair, Board of Trustees | Montgomery College
  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Sanjay Rai, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs | Montgomery College

Milestone Moments:  Building for Student Success (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  

Presenters: 

  • Dr. Kenneth Hoffman, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Michelle Scott, Deputy Chief of Staff | Montgomery College

2015 

Montgomery College Community Engagement:  Turning the College Inside Out (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  

Presenters:

  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Second Vice Chair, Board of Trustees | Montgomery College
  • Dr. Kenneth Hoffman, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • David Sears, Senior Vice President for Advancement and Community Engagement | Montgomery College
  • Karla Silvestre, Director of Community Engagement | Montgomery College

2014

The Benefits of a Healthy College-Health System Partnership (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  

Presenters:

  • Michael Knapp, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Marsha Suggs Smith, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Ben Wu, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Kevin Sexton, President & CEO | Holy Cross Health

Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success - A Pathway Program for College Completion (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)  

Presenters:

  • Reggie Felton, Chair, Board of Trustees | Montgomery College
  • Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Michael Knapp, Trustee | Montgomery College
  • Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President | Montgomery College
  • Stewart Edelstein, Executive Director | Universities at Shady Grove
  • Dr. Joshua Starr, Superintendent of Schools | Montgomery County Public Schools
  • Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, President | Mott Community College, MI