St. Louis Community College Chancellor Henry Shannon will serve in the primary leadership position of two international community college organizations this year.
In January, Shannon began a one-year term as chair of the League for Innovation in the Community College Board of Directors. Founded in 1968, the league is an international organization committed to improving community colleges through innovation, experimentation and institutional transformation. CEOs from 19 institutions, considered the most resourceful and dynamic community colleges and districts in the world, comprise the league's board of directors. Shannon succeeds Eduardo Padr, president of Miami Dade College, as board chair.
Shannon also will serve as president-elect of Renewal and Change 2000 (RC-2000). Founded in 1989, RC-2000 in a membership federation of community colleges and multi-campus systems serving international urban cities. It was established to create an open exchange of ideas among leaders of these institutions throughout the world in an effort to create new and enhanced learning opportunities for their diverse communities. Shannon will begin a two-year term as president in January 2007, when he will succeed Antonio Perez, who is president of the Borough of Manhattan Community College. |
