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Kathy L.
Martin joined LCSC in 1995 as the director for Distance
Learning and has served as Dean for Community Programs
since 2001 overseeing directors of Distance Learning and
Outreach, Summer School and Special Programs, Continuing
Education and Community Events, Adult and Family
Education, AmeriCorps and Service Learning, Center for
Arts and History, and TRIO Training. Campus committees
include President’s Council, Provost’s Council,
Advertising, Petitions, and Nez Perce Tribe Advisory.
Kathy also served for two years as the chair of
Professional Staff Organization and received the
Professional Staff of the Year award in 2002.
Kathy earned
a BPS, Business from Barry University, Miami, FL and MS,
Management from Troy State University, Troy, AL. Most
of this coursework was accomplished as a non-traditional
student via night school and weekend college while
working full time. She has also taken post-graduate
coursework at University of Idaho.
She was the
2006 chairman of the board for the Lewiston Chamber of
Commerce, continues to serve on the board and chairs the
Legislative Committee. Kathy was appointed by Governor
Risch to the Idaho Women’s Commission in 2006 and
participates in numerous fund raising events to benefit
community organizations. Professional organizational
memberships include University Continuing Education
Association, Association for Continuing Higher
Education, and Women in Higher Education Roundtable.
Kathy
previously worked with Extension Programs and the
Academic Dean's Office for National College in Rapid
City, as a telecommunications analyst/consultant for
Fortune 500 companies in San Antonio (Datapoint
Corporation) and Miami (Ryder System), and with her
husband owned a security officer business in Miami.
A Lewiston
native, Kathy and her husband, Randy, returned in 1995
after a 23 year absence. During his 20 year career
serving with the U.S. Air Force, they lived in Montana,
South Dakota, Texas, Germany and Florida. Randy is
chair and professor of business at LCSC. Their
daughter, Heather, son-in-law, Paul, and grandson, PJ,
also live in Lewiston.
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