Tri-C Leaders
Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson is the fourth president of Cuyahoga Community College. Since becoming president in July 2013, he has led the College to record graduation numbers while strengthening the core mission of providing affordable access to higher education. Johnson’s hiring represented a return to Tri-C, as he served as president of the Metropolitan Campus in Cleveland from 1993 to 2003. He also served as chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans and as president of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh. Johnson is highly regarded within the higher education community through his work with organizations such as the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Labor College and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
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David Kuntz
David Kuntz has been Tri-C’s executive vice president of administration and finance since February 2016. He brings more than two decades of financial management experience and executive leadership to the College, where he oversees a $300 million budget and multiple administrative departments. The Tri-C graduate and lifelong Northeast Ohio resident firmly believes in the College’s mission, vision and values. He came to the College following seven years as the chief financial officer at Cleveland Metroparks, where he earned accolades for his financial stewardship of the agency. He is a certified public accountant.
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Karen Miller
A key leader at Tri-C for nearly two decades, Karen Miller has served as provost and executive vice president of Access, Learning and Success since February 2017. She has been instrumental in developing and implementing the College’s strategic plan and has spearheaded initiatives that raised graduation rates to historic highs. Past positions at the College include vice president of institutional research and enrollment management and dean of student affairs at Metropolitan Campus. Miller has presented at numerous academic conferences and held board positions with the Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
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Lisa Williams
Lisa Williams has served as president of the College’s Western Camus since August 2021, and previously served as Eastern Campus since 2018. Williams focused her studies on health careers and earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in 1994. She began working part-time at the College soon after graduation while also continuing her education at the University of Akron. She began working full-time at Tri-C in 1995 in health careers programs, eventually becoming the associate dean of health careers at Eastern Campus. Williams left Tri-C in 2009 to become vice president for academic affairs at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio. She held several administrative positions at the institution over the next four years. She returned to Cleveland in 2014 to become Tri-C’s vice president of learning and engagement. Williams oversaw a variety of academic affairs programs in that role, including curriculum development and institutional research.
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Denise McCory
Denise McCory has served as Metropolitan Campus president since October 2020. She joined the College in 2001 as a national trainer for NASA’s Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy. Her success led to a series of promotions, including dean of student affairs at Metro Campus and dean of academic affairs at Eastern Campus. Since returning to Metro, McCory has overseen campus construction projects, expanded dual enrollment programs and provided leadership during the coronavirus crisis. She has been widely published on academic and administrative topics in higher education and holds leadership positions in a variety of state and national organizations.
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Todd Kitchen
Todd Kitchen joined Tri-C in 2021 after a decade of service as vice president of student services at Northwest Arkansas Community College. He has extensive experience in driving strategic initiatives to increase access to education and improve student completion rates, having implemented online education programs, created a collegewide counseling and wellness center and led collaborations with four-year institutions to guarantee admissions for underserved students. Kitchen is a member of the National Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers and the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals. He is a U.S. Army veteran.
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Janice Taylor Heard
Janice Taylor-Heard assumed the role of interim Westshore Campus president in August 2021. She has served Tri-C in various administrative roles, including two interim presidencies at the Western Campus. Her decades of higher education experience also include academic and administrative appointments at Cleveland State University and The University of Akron, among others. Taylor-Heard has researched and written on topics related to student retention, learning and development, self-efficacy, perfectionism, minority program outcomes and assessment. She serves the community as a volunteer, fundraiser, board member, a supporter of the arts and participant in social welfare and civil rights organizations.
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William H. Gary, Sr.
William H. Gary, Sr., has served as Tri-C's executive vice president of Workforce, Community and Economic Development (WCED) since July 2014. WCED is the College’s training arm, which prepares the workforce of tomorrow for jobs in fields such as manufacturing, information technology, health care and public safety. Gary views Tri-C’s role as critical to building a vibrant economy in Northeast Ohio. His background includes more than three decades of private and public sector management experience in a variety of fields. He came to Tri-C from Northern Virginia Community College, where he led economic development initiatives and oversaw job training programs.