Speaker
Dr. Andrew C. Jones, a senior advisor for the Base 11 and Zogotech and previously served as an executive administrator for over 30 years. He served most recently as Executive Vice Chancellor for Education and Technology at Contra Costa Community College District and previously as Chancellor of Coast Community College District, CA, Executive Vice Chancellor of Educational Affairs for the Dallas County Community College District, TX and President of the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD.
Much of the senior educator’s career was spent at the four year college and university level, but the last dozen plus years found him in the dynamic associate degree arena where he was a staunch advocate for equal access and student success. Dr. Jones has led several recent national initiatives addressing the declining role of males of color in higher education, promoting increased faculty diversity and promoting student success through the use of technology, process improvement and predictive analytics. Jones has also been a champion for elevating student learning outcome assessment as the major metric for institutional success. Another major interest has been involvement with regional workforce efforts in California and developing national STEM based entrepreneurial accelerators to enhance the working learner.
In 2009 Jones completed a certificate in Strategic Forecasting from the University of Houston to add to his earned doctorate degree in education and public policy from Temple University. He holds a master’s degree in library and information sciences and undergraduate preparation in economics from the University of Maryland.