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Gail O'Connor Mellow was

President from 2000 to 2019 of LaGuardia Community College located in Long Island City, New York.[1][2]

Life and career

Mellow was born in 1952.

Social Psychology from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.[5]

Mellow has had several leadership positions in different educational institutions. Immediately previous to her presidency of LaGuardia Community College, she was president of

Gloucester County College, a position from which she resigned to take the presidency of LaGuardia, succeeding Raymond C. Bowen.[2][6] Mellow has also served on numerous boards that include the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council,[7] American Association for Higher Education, the National Commission for Cooperative Education, and the Community College Research Center at Columbia University.[citation needed
]

She is the co-author of Minding the Dream: The Process and Practice of the American Community College.[8] She is also the author of numerous articles on the subjects of community colleges, economic development, and diverse faculty development.[citation needed]

Mellow founded and chaired the (NECEA) Northeast Connecticut Economic Alliance, a nonprofit development agency. She was also a member of the Human Resource Development Board of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission. She represented the United States in the first US-China Community College collaborative conference meeting, which was held in Beijing in 2004. She is a consulting editor for Change magazine, a national magazine for higher education.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "President Dr. Gail O. Mellow". LaGuardia Community College. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. ^
    New York Times
    . Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ "OCLC Online Computer Library Center". Errol.oclc.org. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Jamestown Community College". May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Gail O. Mellow Biography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ^ Fallon, Scott (7 August 1997). "Gcc Board Selects New College President". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  7. ^ "HSAAC". laguardia.edu. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  8. OCLC 182779260
    .
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