Office of the President

Randolph Community College is a member institution of the North Carolina Community College System. It is governed by a 13-member Board of Trustees with four appointees from the Governor's Office, four from the Randolph County Board of Commissioners, and two each from the Randolph County Board of Education and the Asheboro City Board of Education. The 13th member (non-voting) is the current Student Government Association president.

President's Staff

Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr., President
Wanda C. Brown, Executive Assistant to the President & Board of Trustees
Marie S. Miller, Office Assistant, President's Office

Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. – Community Affiliations

• Member, Board of Directors, United Way of Randolph County
  
• Member, Randolph County Board of Education Trustees
  
• Member, Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board
  
• Chair, Randolph County JobLink Career Center Leadership Team
  
• Member, Information Systems of the Future Committee, North Carolina Community College System
  
• Member, Executive Committee, North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents
  
• Liaison of the North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents to the Institutional Information Processing System (IIPS) Professional Organization
  
• Member, Randolph Rotary Club
  
• Chair, International Exchange Student Committee of Randolph Rotary Club

Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. - Background

Randolph Community College President Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. assumed leadership of Randolph Community College on January 1, 2007. He was officially inaugurated as the fourth president of Randolph Community College on March 8, 2007, in a ceremony attended by over 200 colleagues, community members, friends and family members at AVS Banquet Centre.

Shackleford formerly served as dean of student services at Randolph Community College from 2000-2003 before taking the Vice President of Student Services position at Rockingham Community College. He first joined Randolph in 1998 as the program head for the Early Childhood Associate curriculum and eventually became chair of the Human Services department. He also taught early childhood education, human development, family studies, sociology, human relations and leadership development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, High Point University, and Gardner-Webb University.

Shackleford earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from the School of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo. He completed his master's degree in child development and family studies and a doctorate in human development and family studies at UNCG. He also holds a master of divinity degree in biblical studies and pastoral care from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.

A member of the U.S. Army Reserves from 1985-1992, Shackleford served as battalion chaplain and assistant division chaplain. He has been a member of the North Carolina Air National Guard since 1992, serving as staff chaplain until 1997. He is currently serving as wing chaplain (senior supervisory chaplain) for the 145th Airlift Wing, but he plans to retire from that role within the coming year.

Shackleford has been active in leadership roles for the United Way of Rockingham County and the Rockingham County Partnership for Children. He is a member of the Madison-Mayodan Rotary Club, the Rockingham County Mental Health Board, the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium, and is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Rockingham. He has been a frequent speaker at local civic clubs, schools and churches, and a regular presenter at professional workshops and conferences.

During his earlier tenure in Randolph County, he was a member of the Cooperative Extension Advisory Committee, the Business & Education Committee of the Asheboro/Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, the JobLink Career Center Management Team, the Job Service Employer Committee of the Employment Security Commission, the Randolph County Partnership for Children, and the Continuous Improvement Monitoring System Steering Committee of the Randolph County Board of Education. He graduated from Leadership Randolph in 2000.

He attended the Future Presidents Institute in 2005, winning the Herring Fellowship, a scholarship awarded by the North Carolina Community College System Foundation. He is a member of the advisory board for the North Carolina Network for Excellence in Teaching. He is a past member of the NCCCS Staff Person of the Year Selection Committee, the Student Development Administrators Association, and the Student Development Personnel Association.

Shackleford and his wife, Teresa, live in Randleman. He has three children and one granddaughter.

Contact President Robert S. Shackleford and his staff

Telephone: 336-633-0286
Mailing address:
Office of the President
Randolph Community College
PO Box 1009
Asheboro, N.C. 27204-1009