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Chattahoochee Technical College
980 South Cobb Dr.
Marietta, GA 30060
Phone: 770-528-4500
Fax: 770-528-4455
schandler@chattahoocheetech.edu
Dr. Sanford R. Chandler was named president of Chattahoochee Technical College in October 2008. Prior to that, Chandler had been the president of Appalachian Technical College since 2003, as well as vice president of operations at Coosa Valley Technical College in Rome, Georgia from 1999 to 2003.
He began his career in the Georgia technical college system in 1989 as an instructor at Georgia Highlands College where he later rose to the positions of dean of institutional advancement and vice president of instruction. Earlier in his career he was a teacher in the Opelika, Alabama school system, an instructor at George Wallace State Community College in Selma, Alabama, and an assistant professor at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia.
Chandler received his doctorate in occupational education from the University of Georgia in 1996. He has bachelor of science and master’s degrees in vocational and adult education from Auburn University.
Chandler has served on numerous boards and advisory councils related to technical education in Georgia and across the U.S. He is a certified team leader for the Council on Occupational Education and has participated in accreditation visits at postsecondary educational institutions throughout the southeast. He has been active in the leadership of a number of civic clubs, chambers of commerce and development authorities.
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Marietta City Schools250 Howard St.
Marietta, GA 30060
770-429-3100
elembeck@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
On August 24, 2004, the Marietta Board of Education named
Dr. Emily Lembeck as Superintendent for Marietta City Schools,
making her just the 11th superintendent – and first
female superintendent – in the system’s 112-year
history.
Dr. Lembeck previously served as Associate Superintendent
for Curriculum and Operations, a position she held since
2001, responsible for the system’s overall instructional
program and overseeing day-to-day operations of its 11 schools,
approximately 7,500 students and 1,200 employees.
She enjoyed 11 years as a classroom teacher in Florida and
Georgia prior to beginning her career in school administration
with Marietta City Schools. In 1991, Dr. Lembeck was named
Instructional Lead Teacher at West Side Elementary. In 1994,
she was appointed principal at Dunleith Elementary School
and in 1999 became Marietta Middle School principal. Her
student-centered approach to teaching resulted in improved
test scores and increased parental involvement at both schools.
Dr. Lembeck holds a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood
from Brooklyn College in New York, a Masters in Administration
and Supervision from Nova University in Florida, and a Doctorate
in Educational Leadership from the University of Georgia.
She is an active member of many professional committees
and organizations including the Leadership Cobb Class of
2000, the Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Business-Education Steering Committee, and Cobb Education
Consortium. She is on the board of the Marietta Schools Foundation,
the Boys and Girls Club and the Cobb County Library Foundation.
Dr. Lembeck also helped launch Marietta Reads!, a citywide
effort to foster reading and literacy in the community. The
initiative’s purpose is to encourage students and adults
to read more and enjoy the many benefits this enriching activity
has to offer. In recognition of her many professional and
community contributions, she was named one of the 2004 YWCA
Women of Achievement.
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Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd.
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
Wk. Ph. # 770-423-6033
Fax # 770-423-6543
dpapp@kennesaw.edu
Dr. Daniel S. Papp became the third president of Kennesaw
State University July 1, 2006. Prior to being named president
by the Board of Regents, Papp served as senior vice chancellor
for academics and fiscal affairs of the University System
of Georgia. Vice chancellor since 2000, Papp was responsible
for system-wide academic, faculty and student issues and
concerns; business and financial affairs; academic and business
information-technology systems; and strategic planning affecting
all of the university system’s 35 institutions.
Before assuming the post of vice chancellor, Papp was director
of educational programs for Yamacraw, Georgia's initiative
to become the global leader in broadband technologies and
components. Papp served as interim president of Southern
Polytechnic State University from 1997-1998 and as executive
assistant to the president at Georgia Tech from 1994 to 1997.
An international affairs expert, Papp was the founding director
of Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International
Affairs from 1990-1993 and director of the Georgia Tech School
of Social Sciences from 1980 to 1990. He joined Georgia Tech's
faculty in 1973 as an assistant professor of international
affairs. While at Tech, Papp was also visiting professor
at the Western Australia Institute of Technology; research
professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S.
Army War College; senior research professor at the Center
for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education of the U.S.
Air War College; and visiting professor at Fudan University
in Shanghai. In 1993, Papp was selected Georgia Tech's "Distinguished
Professor," the first time the honor was awarded to
someone other than an engineer or physical scientist. He
has twice been awarded the U.S. Department of the Army’s “Outstanding
Civilian Service” medal.
His academic specialties include international security policy,
U.S. and Russian foreign and defense policies, and international
system change. He is the author or editor of 10 books on
these topics, including the biography of former U.S. Secretary
of State Dean Rusk. He also has published more than 60 journal
articles and chapters in edited books.
The U.S. Department of the Army, the U.S. Department of Defense,
the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Institute of Peace,
the U.S. Department of Education, NATO and other organizations
have funded Papp’s research. He has traveled widely
in the former USSR, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin
America and Africa. He has held a Sloan Scholarship and a
National Defense Education Act Fellowship.
Papp is past chairperson of the American-Soviet Relations
and Southern Sections of the International Studies Association,
senior fellow for international security at the Southern
Center for International Studies and a member of the Society
of International Business Fellows.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College, Papp received
his doctorate in international affairs from the University
of Miami.
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Georgia Highlands College
3175 Cedartown Highway
Rome, GA 30161
Wk. Ph. # 706-295-6328
Fax # (706)-802-5811
rpierce@highlands.edu
J. Randy Pierce became the third president of Georgia Highlands College, formerly Floyd College, in Rome, Georgia, on June 15, 2001. He was appointed by the Board of Regents and University System Chancellor Stephen R. Portch.
During Dr. Pierce’s nearly 38-year tenure with the University System, he served as provost of the Lawrenceville campus of Georgia Perimeter College from 1996 to June 2001. From 1994 to 1999, he also served as interim director of the Gwinnett University System Center, which became the 35th unit of the University System of Georgia as Georgia Gwinnett College.
Dr. Pierce earned all of his higher-education degrees from Georgia State University, including a bachelor’s in business administration, a master’s of education, and a doctorate in educational leadership.
He and his wife Claire have four children: Ashley Crowder, Maggie Muschara, and Jay and Kap Yarbrough.
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Southern Polytechnic State University
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060-2896
Wk. Ph. # 678-915-7230
Fax # 678-915-7483
rossbach@spsu.edu
Lisa A. Rossbacher became the president of Southern Polytechnic
State University in Marietta, GA in 1998. She earned
her Ph.D. (Geological and Geophysical Sciences) at Princeton
University, and she has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey,
NASA, a geothermal exploration company, and National Public
Radio, in addition to public and private institutions of
higher education. She is the only woman geologist on
record as becoming a university president in North America.
Her bimonthly column has appeared in the magazine Geotimes
since 1988, and she has authored books on geology, science,
and the media.
Her research interests focus on the role of water and water
ice on the planet Mars. In 1984, she was a finalist
in NASA’s astronaut selection process. She was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate and to the
status of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement
of Science in 2001.
Dr. Rossbacher is active in the Marietta Kiwanis, and she
is a board member of both the Cobb and Georgia Chambers of
Commerce. She was a member of the 2001 class of Leadership
Atlanta, the 2001 inaugural class of the Diversity Leadership
Academy of Atlanta, and the 2006 Regional Leadership Institute
(Atlanta Regional Commission). She received the 2006 “Glass
Ceiling Award” from Cobb Executive Women, and she currently
chairs the Cobb YMCA Board of Directors and the Atlanta Regional
Council for Higher Education. Her husband, Dr. Dallas
D. Rhodes, chairs the Department of Geology and Geography
at Georgia Southern University.
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Cobb County Public Schools
514 Glover Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Wk. Ph. # 770-426-3452
Fax # 770-528-6600
Fred.Sanderson@cobbk12.org
With more than three decades of educational
experience, veteran teacher and administrator Fred Sanderson
re-joined the Cobb County School District in January 2006
as superintendent.
Mr. Sanderson was first hired by Cobb County
schools in 1980 after he had spent eight years as a teacher
and coach in Fulton County. He has served in a variety of
roles at both the local school level and as a central office
administrator throughout the course of his career. Before
his current role, his experience ranged from an economics
teacher and head football coach to the Chief Academic Officer
(2001-2002) for the school district. In between he served
as Executive Assistant to the Superintendent (1988-93), Assistant
Superintendent for Support Services (1993), principal of
Lassiter High School (1994-1999), and two stints as Deputy
Superintendent (1993-94, 2000). Lassiter was honored as a
National School of Excellence based on a review of the school
under Sanderson’s leadership. After retiring from the
District in 2000 with 31 years of educational experience,
Sanderson spent three years as Vice President for the Cobb
County-based benefits marketing group CBIZ/Benmark.
Sanderson is a two-time graduate of the University
of Georgia, earning a bachelor’s degree and specialist’s
degree in education and administration. A former UGA football
player, Sanderson also has spent much of his free time in
his community helping young athletes grow by coaching football,
baseball, softball and basketball.
Sanderson and his wife, Carey, reside in Roswell
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Dr. J. Randy Pierce, President 
Dr.
Lisa A. Rossbacher, President
Mr.
Fred Sanderson, Superintendent