WWCC Leadership Academy
WWCC Leadership Academy
The WWCC Leadership Academy is an in-house professional development program designed for employees seeking to enhance their leadership skills and help guide WWCC through future initiatives, opportunities and challenges.
The WWCC Leadership Academy provides a personal and supportive experience for the enhancement of skills with specific emphasis on leadership philosophy and practice, diversity, communication, group dynamics and change management. Participants meet monthly from October through May to explore specific topics as well as to design and complete a team project that addresses an issue or need at the college.
Current Cohort
Current Cohort
- Gibran Escalera Avalos – Program Coordinator
- Itzel Davison – Program Coordinator
- Heidi Ely – Nursing, Assistant Professor
- Holly Fisher – Medical Assisting Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor
- Lisl Garnett – Program Coordinator
- Ken Hodgen – IT Network and Telcom – Journey
- Rob Lenahan – Executive Director, Facilities and Capital Projects
- Marisol Luengas-Maya – Student Success Coordinator
- Patrick Mackler – Grounds & Nursery Specialist III
- Dennis Richardson – Computer Science, Professor/Chair
- Ilona Verwer – Interim Assistant Dean, Nursing
- Grayson Wallis – Ag Business, Assistant Professor
Past Cohorts
2025-2026 Cohort Members
- Amy Lyn Campbell-Beeman – Business, Assistant Professor
- Abraham Diaz-Garcia – IT Customer Support – Entry
- Angela Evensen – Administrative Assistant to VP of Administrative Services
- Yutao Guan – Education/Career Navigator
- Jordan Hacker – Women’s Soccer Coach/Assistant Professor
- Karlee Pruitt Larkin – Ag Science, Assistant Professor
- Rachel Lawry – Assistant Director, Corrections Education
- Marci Nixon – Program Specialist 2
- Marley Olson – Sociology, Professor
- Ceana Pacheco – Interim Director, Ag & Natural Resource Center of Excellence
- LaToya Sutton – Adjunct Faculty
- Tyler Hernandez Williams – Education/Career Navigator
2024-2025 Cohort Members
- Mike Boogaard – Environmental Services Manager
- Kevin Combs – IT System Admin – Journey
- Raul Flores – ABE, Assistant Professor
- Mark Hayford – Custodian 2
- Melissa Holecek – Assistant Director, Outreach
- David Johnson – Surplus Inventory Control Specialist 4
- Kris Margart – Welding, Professor
- Larissa Mercado – Fiscal Analyst 2
- Alan Raeder – Ag Systems for BAS, Professor
- Lauren Reed – Director, Education Operations
- Sara Ritchie – Career Services Specialist
- Yesenia Suarez – Program Specialist 2
Past Corhort Projects