Dr. Michael Burke
President, San Jose City College

Dr. Michael Burke has over 25 years of experience in community colleges in Texas, Idaho, and California. He was named President of San Jose City College in March 2007. While at San Jose City College, he has been engaged in a major rebuilding program that has resulted in numerous new educational facilities on campus. Prior to moving to San Jose, he served as President of North Idaho College from 1998 to 2007, where he provided educational services to an 8,000-square mile service area in the northern panhandle of Idaho. While there, he created three outreach centers to serve the remote populations of the region and he was instrumental in establishing the Northern Idaho Center for Higher Education (NICHE), in collaboration with the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, and Lewis-Clark State College.

Prior to relocating to Idaho, Dr. Burke spent 13 years in the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) in Texas. He served there as Division Chair of Communications and Developmental Studies, Dean of Educational Resources, Dean of Career and Continuing Education, and Vice President of Finance and Planning. He also served as President of the Texas Association of Developmental Educators.

He began his career as a full-time faculty member at a community college on the Texas-Mexico border in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where he taught English. He also has completed coursework at the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); co-chaired the AACC Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and is presently serving as the Chairman of the AACC Presidents Academy Executive Committee.

Dr. Burke holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) in English from the University of Houston; a Master of Arts degree in English and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin; and certificates of completion from Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management and the League for Innovation's Executive Leadership Institute.

Dr. Algie C. Gatewood
President, Portland Community College Cascade Campus

Dr. Algie Gatewood became President of Portland Community College's Cascade Campus in 2004.

Before moving to Portland, Oregon, he spent 23 years at Anson Community College (now South Piedmont Community College), in North Carolina, where he served for six years as Director of Human Resources Development and Project Director for Community Services and Continuing Education, 16 years as Dean of Students, and a brief period as Director of Institutional Research. He served for seven years with the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (an administrative division of the University of North Carolina), as Director of the Health, Education, and Welfare Division.

At Cascade Campus, Dr. Gatewood directs the operations of a comprehensive community college campus with an annual unduplicated enrollment of approximately 18,000 students. His tenure has seen steady enrollment growth, with the 2008-09 year ending in the largest full-time enrollment in the campus's history. He presided over the completion of a $60 million bond-financed capital construction and renovation project that concluded in essentially a new campus. Also, during Dr. Gatewood's tenure, the campus hosted its first Financial Aid Day program which has now become an annual district-wide event; opened a comprehensive law library which is the only one on a community college campus in Oregon; started the Cascade Campus Weekend College and Middle College; expanded and restructured the Student Learning Center to better support student retention and success; and has become more embraced within the community.

Dr. Gatewood is active in the community and serves on a number of boards, including Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives Inc., Oregon Association of Minority, Women and Small Business Entrepreneurs, the State Board of Higher Education's Student Participation and Completion Committee, Portland State University's Graduate School Advisory Committee and the Urban League of Portland.

He earned his bachelor's degree in History/Social Studies from Livingstone College; a master's degree in Higher Education/College Administration from Appalachian State University; and a doctorate in Adult and Community College Education from North Carolina State University.

Dr. Vicki J. Martin
Interim President, Milwaukee Area Technical College

Dr. Vicki J. Martin was appointed interim president of Milwaukee Area Technical College by the MATC District Board of Directors on February 19, 2009. Her MATC career spans more than two decades. She had served as provost since 2007, overseeing all academic divisions of the college.

While serving as provost, she facilitated many critical initiatives, including:

• Expansion of partnership efforts with Discovery World;
• Creation of Innovation Grants for faculty and staff totaling more than $300,000;
• Establishment of new interdisciplinary areas of study, including environmental studies, creative technologies and entrepreneurial studies;
• Increased in high school articulation agreements by 70%; these agreements offer high school students college credit.

Prior to becoming provost, Dr. Martin was vice president of MATC's Oak Creek Campus and director of strategic planning for three years (2004-2007). She played a key role in the development of the Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing (ECAM) Center, which led to new curriculum creation and partnerships with local and regional businesses and manufacturers.

From 1998-2004, Dr. Martin oversaw MATC's strategic planning and research efforts, instituting quality improvement plans and increasing the collection and analysis of data in decision-making processes.

From 1988-96, Dr. Martin was the student services director at MATC's Oak Creek Campus, overseeing registration, admissions, assessment, financial aid, orientation, advising, counseling, and scheduling. Martin initiated the implementation of admissions and advising services for Hispanic and Hmong students.

In 1996, Dr. Martin was promoted to regional campus team leader for the Oak Creek Campus, the college's largest regional campus, which served 7,500 students. During her tenure in this position, she expanded relationships with external constituents and enhanced high school articulation agreements with area school districts.

Prior to coming to MATC, she served as dean of students at Milwaukee's Carroll College/Columbia College of Nursing from 1984-88. She had previously worked as a student counselor from 1980-1984 at Carroll/Columbia. Dr. Martin began her professional career as a counselor/advisor at UW-Milwaukee's School of Nursing in 1979.

The Milwaukee native holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from UW-Milwaukee, master's degrees from the University of North Dakota (counseling and guidance) and Cardinal Stritch University (business management), and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from UW-Madison. Dr. Martin also served as an adjunct professor at Cardinal Stritch, focusing on courses in management and leadership.