A highly respected higher education administrator and a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents, Dr. Cronin has served in community colleges for more than two decades. Before beginning her presidency at Delaware County Community College in July 2023, Dr. Cronin spent five years as president of Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles, Oregon.

Dr. Cronin is the second woman and the first Latina to lead the College. Since her arrival her priorities have included providing greater accessibility to education to students in eastern Delaware County—via the future Southeast Center in Drexel Hill, Pa.—and in Chester County, where the College is expanding its offerings. She has focused on increasing high school dual enrollment with pilot programs such as the Teacher Education and Social Work programs for high school student. Passionate about inclusion, she has overseen the growth and expansion of the College’s Center for Equity and Social Justice as well as the College’s intercollegiate athletics programs She serves on the boards of the Chester County Economic Development Council and the Riverfront Alliance of Chester County.

Dr. Cronin served as co-chair of the Oregon Community College Association’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, co-chair of the Board for the Oregon League of Minority Voters and president of the Comunidades board, a bi-state organization dedicated to advocating for and empowering Latino women and youth in the region. She also served on the American Association of Community Colleges’ Commission on Small and Rural Colleges, as a commissioner for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and on former Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Regional Solutions Advisory Committee.

Under Dr. Cronin’s leadership, Columbia Gorge Community College secured funding for a $16.4 million capital project, which led to the design and construction of the Columbia Gorge Regional Skills Center and Chinook Residence Hall on its main campus.

Prior to that Dr. Cronin served in administrative and faculty roles at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, including vice president of Academic Affairs, dean of the School of Education, department chair and full professor. She also has more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience in Florida. While there Dr. Cronin served on several Florida Department of Education committees and advisory groups, as the Florida Delegate for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and as a representative for the college on the Achieving the Dream Core Team and the American Association of Community Colleges' National Guided Pathways Project. She also has more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience in Florida. Among the awards Dr. Cronin has received over her 30-year career in education are a Phi Theta Kappa International Distinguished Advisor Award and a League for Innovation in the Community College Innovation of the Year Award.

Dr. Cronin holds a Doctor of Education with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction from the University of Sarasota, a Master of Science degree in Reading from Barry University and a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Miami.

Dr. Chato Hazelbaker is the President of Pueblo Community College (PCC) a Hispanic Serving Institution in southern Colorado with a primary campus in Pueblo that is part of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). PCC serves over 8,500 students annually across four counties. The college has an innovative mobile lab program that provides career and technical education opportunities across the state and recently opened a state-of-the-art healthcare education facility in a former hospital. Hazelbaker was previously the President at Northland Pioneer College (AZ).

Hazelbaker earned his doctorate in Organization Development from the University of St. Thomas (MN), a masters in leadershipfrom Crown College (MN), and a bachelor degree in English from Rocky Mountain College (MT). Professionally, he has held leadership positions in enrollment management, marketing, information technology and government relations. He has taught at the associate degree through graduate degree level in organization development, communications, and leadership.

Committed to service, Hazelbaker is currently the Chair of the Mountain States Association of Community Colleges (MSACC) and serves on the Board of the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation and the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce. Hazelbaker has completed several accreditation visits for the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC). Hazelbaker and his wife Shari Hazelbaker, RN have three adult children.

Ms. Amy Williams joined the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) as its Executive Director in 2019. NACEP is the nation’s sole dual and concurrent enrollment accrediting body and has more than 23 years of experience in supporting programs, practitioners, and policy to advance early access to quality college courses for high school students. Previously, Ms. Williams was the State Director of Career & Technical Education and Dual Enrollment for Montana and led the state’s efforts to expand access and increase affordability in dual enrollment through college and career pathways. Mrs. Williams has more than two decades of experience in secondary and postsecondary education and a strong background in research science. She has a passion for exploring policy levers at the institution, state, and national level to build relevancy into education, ignite a passion for learning, and give students an early start on college and career.