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DeRionne P. Pollard
DeRionne P. Pollard is the President of Nevada State University. She previously served as the President of Montgomery College from 2012 to 2021.
DeRionne Pollard earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from Iowa State University in 1993 and 1995. In 2005, Dr. Pollard earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in higher education from Loyola University Chicago.
In 1995, Dr. Pollard began her career as English teacher at the College of Lake County in Lake County, Illinois, before becoming the acting dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities, and Fine Arts Division and later the faculty coordinator for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and then the vice president of educational affairs. During her tenure of 12 years, she was an instructional designer, instructional dean, assistant Vice President for Educational Affairs, and Vice President for Educational Affairs.
In 2008, she served as president of Las Positas College in Livermore, California. She served on the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and the Commission on Academic, Student, and Community Development. Dr. Pollard is a member of the Community College Advisory Panel at the College Board and the Higher Education Research and Development Institute Advisory Board.
In 2010, Dr. Pollard assumed leadership of Montgomery College, a three-campus community college with 56,000 credit and noncredit students. She spearheaded the development of a new Montgomery College mission and strategic plan. She has partnered actively with Montgomery County Public Schools and the Universities at Shady Grove in the creation of Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES), a support program designed to help disadvantaged students transition from high school to college completion. The program now has 1,700 students enrolled. Montgomery College is also a member of Achieving the Dream network, a non-governmental reform movement for student success at community colleges.
Dr. Pollard formerly served on the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and the Commission on Academic, Student, and Community Development. Dr. Pollard is a member of the Equity Advisory Board for Mission Partners and the Center for First-generation Student Success Advisory Board for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. She also serves on the board of directors for the American Association of Community Colleges and as the president of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges. Locally, she also serves on the boards of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Universities at Shady Grove, Leadership Montgomery, the Montgomery County Advisory Board of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
In April 2021, Dr. Pollard was appointed president of Nevada State University by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, becoming the 8th president of the 19-year-old college, as well as the first permanent Black woman President of the institution, and of any Nevada System of Higher Education institution. She began her presidency in August 2021, and is serving a 4-year contract. Dr. Pollard is the first permanent Black woman President of the institution and of any Nevada System of Higher Education institution.
Dr. Pollard announced that she will step down from her role as NSU's President by July 31, 2025, to transition into a new role as the President of the American Association of Community Colleges.
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DeRionne P. Pollard
DeRionne P. Pollard is the President of Nevada State University. She previously served as the President of Montgomery College from 2012 to 2021.
DeRionne Pollard earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from Iowa State University in 1993 and 1995. In 2005, Dr. Pollard earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in higher education from Loyola University Chicago.
In 1995, Dr. Pollard began her career as English teacher at the College of Lake County in Lake County, Illinois, before becoming the acting dean of the Communication Arts, Humanities, and Fine Arts Division and later the faculty coordinator for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and then the vice president of educational affairs. During her tenure of 12 years, she was an instructional designer, instructional dean, assistant Vice President for Educational Affairs, and Vice President for Educational Affairs.
In 2008, she served as president of Las Positas College in Livermore, California. She served on the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and the Commission on Academic, Student, and Community Development. Dr. Pollard is a member of the Community College Advisory Panel at the College Board and the Higher Education Research and Development Institute Advisory Board.
In 2010, Dr. Pollard assumed leadership of Montgomery College, a three-campus community college with 56,000 credit and noncredit students. She spearheaded the development of a new Montgomery College mission and strategic plan. She has partnered actively with Montgomery County Public Schools and the Universities at Shady Grove in the creation of Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES), a support program designed to help disadvantaged students transition from high school to college completion. The program now has 1,700 students enrolled. Montgomery College is also a member of Achieving the Dream network, a non-governmental reform movement for student success at community colleges.
Dr. Pollard formerly served on the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and the Commission on Academic, Student, and Community Development. Dr. Pollard is a member of the Equity Advisory Board for Mission Partners and the Center for First-generation Student Success Advisory Board for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. She also serves on the board of directors for the American Association of Community Colleges and as the president of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges. Locally, she also serves on the boards of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Universities at Shady Grove, Leadership Montgomery, the Montgomery County Advisory Board of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
In April 2021, Dr. Pollard was appointed president of Nevada State University by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, becoming the 8th president of the 19-year-old college, as well as the first permanent Black woman President of the institution, and of any Nevada System of Higher Education institution. She began her presidency in August 2021, and is serving a 4-year contract. Dr. Pollard is the first permanent Black woman President of the institution and of any Nevada System of Higher Education institution.
Dr. Pollard announced that she will step down from her role as NSU's President by July 31, 2025, to transition into a new role as the President of the American Association of Community Colleges.
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