Staci Pollan Martin has been selected to serve as interim president of Kilgore College in Texas, effective November 1. The community college enrolls over 6,000 students, 60 percent of whom are women.
An administrator with Kilgore since 2001, Dr. Martin currently serves as vice president of organizational effectiveness and excellence. She previously served in several other leadership roles, including vice president of student life and college affairs, vice president of student services, vice president of institutional planning, registrar, and director of admissions. Throughout her long tenure, she has led multiple campus-wide initiatives, including service as liaison to both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
“Being selected as interim president of Kilgore College is the highest honor of my career,” said Dr. Martin. “I am grateful to the board of trustees for placing their faith in me to serve KC in this role and will do my best to be a good steward of this great institution while it is in my care.”
Dr. Martin received her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Texas A&M University-College Station and her master’s degree in the same discipline from Texas A&M University-Texarkana. She earned her doctorate in higher education from Texas Tech University, where her research focused on dual credit in Texas community colleges.