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ACCT Congratulates Incoming AACC President and CEO

 

Dr. Walter Bumphus to Lead National Community College Association

WASHINGTON, DC—The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) congratulates Dr. Walter Bumphus on his appointment as the new president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), effective January 1, 2011.    

“Walter Bumphus has contributed tremendously to the community college movement,” said ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown.  “In 2005, Dr. Bumphus was awarded one of ACCT’s top honors, the Marie Y. Martin Chief Executive Officer award, for his extraordinary leadership as president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.  Dr. Bumphus has collaborated with ACCT on our trustee research project and has assisted with trustee training.   We look forward to our new collaboration and partnership in the coming years.”

Dr. Bumphus currently serves as professor in the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) and chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.  The CCLP is the nation's oldest and most prolific doctoral program for community college leaders. 

"Walter has been tested over and over as a leader, and he has consistently risen to every challenge,” current AACC President and CEO George R. Boggs said in an AACC announcement issued this morning.  “He brings both intellect and experience to the leadership of AACC, and he has a deep commitment to community colleges and the people they serve."

“Dr. Boggs’s leadership over the past decade has helped to elevate community colleges to a new level,” said Brown.  “He has established a strong foundation on which AACC and ACCT will continue to build under the leadership of Dr. Bumphus.”

Click here for AACC’s official press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Walter Bumphus as its new president and CEO.

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond.  For more information, go to www.acct.org.