C. EDWARD MEADOWS

PRESIDENT, PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE, PENSACOLA

Founded in 1948, PSC is one of 28 state colleges and serves Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as well as parts of southern Alabama. It’s the oldest and largest college in the Panhandle. About 24,000 students attend PSC across campuses in Milton, Pensacola and Warrington as well as centers in Century and south Santa Rosa County. An estimated 96% of PSC graduates continue to work and reside in the Northwest Florida region after they complete their PSC programs. Meadows is its sixth president and was selected following a national search in 2008. He is the current chair of the Florida College System Council of Presidents and the HCA Florida West Hospital Board of Trustees, as well as a board member for the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce and Florida’s Great Northwest, and a member of the FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance and the Achieve Escambia Leadership Council.

EDUCATION: Delta State University (BS), University of Tennessee (MS), Ball State University (MA, Ed.D)

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: I’d focus on affordable housing for low- and middle-income families; jobs, jobs, jobs; environmental stewardship of land, water and air, and greater financial support for public education at every level with a major emphasis on early learning, Pre-K, and reading and math at the elementary school level.

READING: Florida Trend magazine, newspaper articles, and professional publications related to higher education leadership and innovative workforce program development.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED
“Partnerships and collaborations achieve greater success than what can be accomplished alone.”