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WILLIS N. HOLCOMBE Chancellor, The Florida College System President Emeritus, Broward College PO Box 9538 Tavernier, Fl.

33070 305-942-6258 FORMAL EDUCATION University of Florida, Gainesville: Doctor of Philosophy, 1974, Major: College Administration. University of Florida, Gainesville: Masters in Education, 1972, Major: English. Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio: Bachelor of Arts, 1967, Majors: English and Physical Education. COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Chancellor, The Florida College System, July 1, 2009 to Nov. 30, 2011. Chancellor, Florida Community College System, October 2007 - June 2009. Interim President, Broward Community College, November 2006 - July 2007. President, Broward Community College -January 1987 to February 2004. Vice President of the College, Brevard Community College -January 1981 to January 1987. Provost, Central Campus, Broward Community College -August 1977 to January 1981. Academic Dean, Central Campus, Broward Community College -February 1976 to August 1977. Assistant to the President, Broward Community College -August 1974 to February 1976. MILITARY EXPERIENCE U. S. Marine Corps -1969 to 1972, attained the rank of Captain. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Evening English Professor, Broward Community College -1975 to 1980. English Teacher, Santa Fe Community College -Summer 1972. Ford Junior High School, Brookpark, Ohio -January to March 1967. RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Chairman 1991-92 Steering Committee of statewide Council of Community College Presidents 1998-99, Member 19872007. Member, Articulation Coordinating Committee, Florida Department of Education, 1985 to 2004. Board Member, Florida Distance Learning Institute, 1996-2004, Vice Chair 1997-98, Chairman 1998-99. Chairman, Broward County Educational Consortium 1999-2000, Member 1996-2004. Chairman, Board of Visitors, Community College of the Air Force, 1994-1996. Vice Chairman, Board of Visitors, Community College of the Air Force, 1993-1994. Member, Board of Visitors, Community College of the Air Force, 1992-1996. Chairman 2001, 2000, 1993, and Vice Chairman 1992, Member 1989-2004 College Consortium for International Studies. President 1996-97, and Vice President 1995-96, Member, Board of Directors, Florida Association of Colleges and Universities, 1992-2004. Member, Board of Directors, Workforce Development Board, 1996-2004. Member, American Council on Education Commission on International Education, 1992-94. Member and Past President, Florida Collegiate Consortium for International/lntercultural Education, 1994-2004. Member, Executive Council, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1989-1990. Chairman, Committee on Criteria and Reports, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1988-89. Member, Chairman, Florida Commissioners, SACS, 1985-1990. Chairman of Accreditation Visiting Committees to Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, Tennessee. Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, Tennessee. Isothermal Community College, Spindale, North Carolina.

Blinn College, Brenham, Texas. College of the Mainlands, Texas City, Texas. Calhoun State Community College, Decatur, Alabama. Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas. Laredo Junior College, Texas. Lamar University at Orange, Texas. Texarkana Community College, Texas. Gainesville Junior College, Georgia. Eastfield College, Dallas Community College District. Sullivan College of Business, Kentucky. Task Force to Improve Minority Student Performance on the CLAST, 1989. Chairman, State Board of Community Colleges Task Force on Articulation, 1988. Member, Commission on Urban Community Colleges, American Association of Community Colleges, 1990-1993.

CURRENT AND RECENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Board of Directors, BankAtlantic, 2003-Present. Skelly Foundation Advisory Board, 2003-Present. Higher Education Chairman, Member of Board of Directors, Board Chair for 1998-99, United Way of Broward, County. Policy Council for Broward County Educational Consortium. Chair 1999-2000, Member 1996 -2004; Board of Directors 1996-2004, Vice Chairman 1998, Chairman 1999-2001, Coordinating Council of Broward. Member 2001-2004 Board of Directors, Community Blood Centers of South Florida, Inc. South Florida Annenberg Challenge Committee 1998-2004. Director, Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc. Director, 1987-2004 Tower Club. Director, 1994-2004, President 1996-97 Tower Forum. Director 1987-2003, SunTrust Bank. Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Member of Board of Governors, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. 2000-2004, Member of Board of Directors, Broward Alliance. Member of Board of Directors, President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer, Executives Association of Fort Lauderdale 1987-2004. Honorary Board Member of Special Olympics Florida, 1996-2004. Member of Honda Classic Foundation 1989-1996. Member of Board of Directors, National Conference for Community and Justice. Director, Member, Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Chairman, Leadership Brevard. Director, Central Brevard Soccer Association, Cape Canaveral Hospital Foundation Board. Board of Performing Arts Association of Cocoa. District Chairman, Boy Scouts of America. Director, Fort Lauderdale Friends of the Library. MEMBERSHIPS AND CONSULTANT SERVICES Member, Visions 2000 Committee, High Speed Rail Task Force, Hundred Club of Broward County, Phi Delta Kappa, Florida Association of Community Colleges. Visiting Lecturer at College of Education at the University of Florida, Florida State University and University of Texas. Consultant services provided to Polk Community College, Gulf Coast Community College, Florida Keys Community College, Suffolk Community College, Virginia Community College Association, Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas, Lake-Sumter Community College, Santa Fe Community College, and made presentations at various state and national meetings.

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS NCAA All-American Track Team. 1966. Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honorary. 1967. N.D.E.A. Title IV Fellowship, University of Florida 1967-69 and 1972-73. W. K. Kellogg Fellowship, University of Florida, 1973-74. Medal of Honor, Broward Minutemen, 1976. Outstanding Young Men of America Award, 1977. Baldwin-Wallace College, Letterman's Hall of Fame, inducted 1981. B'nai B'rith International Great American Traditions Award, 1991. Florida's Most Outstanding College President Award, selected by Phi Theta Kappa, 1992. Presidential Ambassador, Phi Theta Kappa, Florida Region, 1994-2004. Awarded Phi Theta Kappa's Dr. Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction at PTK's international convention, 1995. Torchbearer for 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Miami Herald Spirit of Excellence Charles Whited Award, 1996. Honored with Tribute Dinner by Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc., 1996. University of Florida, Institute of Higher Education's Outstanding Graduate Award, 1997. Honorary Life Membership Award presented by Florida Distributive Education Club of America Students and Delta Epsilon Chi, 1997. Family Service Agency 40th Anniversary Celebration Award for Contributions to Strengthening Families in Broward County, 1998. 1998 Leader of the Year Award from Leadership Broward. Honored with Tribute Dinner by Board of Trustees of Broward Community College, March 1999. Awarded by Nova Southeastern University, Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, May 1999. Awarded by National Conference for Community and Justice, Silver Medallion Award, April 2001. President's Award for Professional Excellence for 2001-2002 from Florida Association of Community Colleges, October 2001. Nova Southeastern University, Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy, 2003. Florida Community College Activities Association Hall-of-Fame, 2003. Florida Council of Community College Presidents Dr. James L.Wattenbarger Award, 2003. Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame, inducted 2007. PUBLICATIONS State-Local Financina for the Seventies, New Directions: Meeting the Financial Crisis, with J. L. Wattenbarger, 1973. The State Directors of Community Junior Colleges and Their Staffs: A 1973 Re-examination, with J. L. Wattenbarger, 19973. The Locus of Formal Decision-Making for Curriculum and Instruction in Selected Multi-Campus Community Colleges, dissertation, 1974. Florida Competency-based Articulation Project. Final Report. 1978. Program Review Project. Final Report. 1983. The Role of Florida Community Colleges in Articulation, Articulation Study Final Report, 1988. Floridas Community Colleges: A Reflection, Community College Journal, April 1997. Junior Colleges to State Colleges : The Evolving Role of a Florida Treasure The Journal of The James Madison Institute, Summer, 2008.

PERSONAL Date/Place of Birth: April 18, 1945 - Iron Mountain, Michigan. Family: My wife, Jo, is a retired French and reading teacher. Our three grown children are Megan, Ben, and Joe. We have seven grand-children.

Updated: June, 2012.

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