Lyndy Forrester, who in less than three years as dean put a new and revitalized face on technical education at Amarillo College, will be leaving AC’s East Campus to become the College’s first vice president for employee and organizational development.

Amarillo College President Russell Lowery-Hart announced his selection for the new post June 22.

“Based on her proven track record of directly facilitating completely new directions with an effective doggedness that I deeply value, I am proud to announce that Lyndy Forrester will serve as the first vice president for employee and organizational development,” Lowery-Hart said.

Forrester, who joined AC as dean of technical education in September of 2012, will assume her duties as vice president on July 1. She emerged from a field of more than 60 applicants for the post and was one of two finalists.

Lowery-Hart said he created the new post not only to oversee all aspects of human resources at the College, but to put someone in a position to lead AC’s student-success focus throughout the organization while weaving it fully into employee trainings, evaluations and development.

“I’m honored and excited to be a part of the President’s vision for a more customer-oriented strategy for employee development,” Forrester said. “It’s a new direction that he’s taking us on, a cultural shift that will have a positive impact on student success. What could be better than that?”

Forrester indeed led change as dean of technical education. It was under her leadership that AC’s technical curricula was streamlined, and a core of classes applicable across disciplines was adopted. She changed the culture at the East Campus by molding the individual and divergent departments into a single team with a common purpose statement, and she prioritized a much-welcomed effort to make AC technical programs far more responsive to industry needs.
    
Before joining AC as dean of technical education, Forrester served from 2007-2012 as business development manager for the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation. Prior to that, she was community relations coordinator for the city of Amarillo (2004-2007) and senior communications specialist at Owens Corning (2002-2004).

She is a graduate of Wellington High School. She completed her bachelor’s degree in arts communication at Angelo State University in 1997.

June 15, 2015