Kathy L. Martin joined LCSC in 1995 as the director for Distance Learning and has served as Dean for Community Programs since 2001.  She is responsible for overseeing directors of Distance Learning, Outreach Centers, Summer School & Special Programs, Continuing Education & Community Events, Adult & Family Education, AmeriCorps and Service Learning, Center for Arts & History, Lewis-Clark Valley and Clearwater Valley Educational Talent Search, and the Region II Idaho Small Business Development Center.  Campus committees include President’s Council, Provost’s Council, Petitions, Advertising, 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 fundraising 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.