Williams Selected for Statewide Leadership Program
ASHEBORO (September 23, 2008)
Chad Williams, director of financial aid at Randolph Community College, has been selected to participate in the North Carolina Community College Leadership Program, a program that equips the staff and faculty of community colleges to be leaders amongst their colleagues.
Williams has worked with area community college financial aid offices since 2003, when he joined Montgomery Community College in Troy as financial aid officer. He also worked as director of financial aid for Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst.
At RCC, Williams is president of the RCC Staff Association and is a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Reaffirmation Leadership Team. In addition, he is a member of the Academic Affairs Committee and recently served on a Vice Presidential Search Committee.
Williams is a member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. For NCASFAA, he is a two-year college representative and diversity committee member, and he was the recipient of the 2008 NCASFAA Shining Star Award. He is also a NASFAA trainer of financial aid administrators.
A graduate of North Moore High School, Williams earned a bachelor of arts in speech and communications studies from Clemson University and a master's degree in educational administration from Western Carolina University. He is a member of the Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society.
Williams and his wife, Laura, live in Seagrove with their two children, Layla and Owen.
The NCCCLP was developed 19 years ago to provide leadership training to faculty and staff from the 58 institutions comprising the North Carolina Community College System. Its goal is to train and develop future community college leaders, and it believes that quality leadership is important on all levels of community colleges and that excellence with equity can best be fostered through broad-based professional development opportunities offered to a diverse group.
Participants for the 2008-2009 program were selected through a competitive application process. They will attend workshops and seminars for the next six months, covering topics such as diversity, conflict resolution, and leading through change. Williams joins 37 other participants, representing 31 North Carolina community colleges.
For more information about the NCCCLP, please contact Linda Burke, NCCCLP director, at (336) 751-2885, or visit the program's Web site at www.nccclp.net.
