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President, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk
President, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk
Virginia Business// January 30, 2023//
Conston saw early on the value that education has for marginalized communities. She knew her goal was “to become someone to effect change in the lives of young people. And I knew that education would be the path to do that.” Conston began her career as a college administrator at her alma mater, Mississippi’s Jackson State University, and served as a vice president at Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina for almost 20 years.
Since taking the reins in 2020 at TCC, the state’s second-largest community college, Conston has emphasized the importance of workforce training in fields such as logistics, offshore wind energy and health care. She often shares her mother’s advice: “You have to truly believe that you have the ability to achieve.”
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