Alvin J. Schexnider, Ph.D.
President, Thomas Nelson Community College

Alvin J. Schexnider is president of Thomas Nelson Community College. A native of Charles, Louisiana, he brings to this position more than thirty-five years of higher education experience as a faculty member and academic administrator.

President Schexnider has a B.A. degree in political science from Grambling State University and received a M.A. degree and Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University where he held Norman Wait Harris, Ford Foundation and Woodrow Wilson fellowships.

He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has received numerous honors and awards. He has published widely on public management and higher education and is a co-author of Blacks and the Military (Brookings Institution).

He serves on several boards and committees and is a longtime public servant to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Past gubernatorial appointments include the Commission of Virginia’s Future, the Board of Visitors of Virginia State University, the Commission on Local Government, the Virginia Board of Education and the Commission on the Revitalization of Virginia’s Cities. He is also a former chairman of the Southern Regional Council of the College Board.

President Schexnider and his wife have a son and a daughter.

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