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Lane A. Glenn, president of Northern Essex Community College, was named Wednesday as this year’s recipient of Campus Compact’s Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Presidential Leadership.
Glenn was recognized as Massachusetts’ longest-serving community college president, selected in 2011, where “his leadership and dedication to equity have made an indelible mark, not just on the communities NECC serves, but across Massachusetts and its educational institutions.”
“President Glenn’s longtime leadership at Northern Essex Community College clearly demonstrates the unique and vital contributions that civically engaged community college leaders can make toward community development and wellbeing,” said Bobbie Laur, president of nonprofit Campus Compact, the largest and oldest higher education association dedicated to higher education civic and community engagement.
The Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Presidential Leadership is presented as part of Campus Compact’s Impact Awards, which recognize shining examples of meaningful, impactful higher education civic and community engagement work. Awards recipients will be recognized at Compact25, Campus Compact’s annual conference, which takes place March 31 to April 2 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Allison M. Dolan-Wilson, the college’s vice president of institutional advancement, nominating Glenn for the award. She wrote, “President Glenn is a strong advocate for colleges and universities as engines of economic and workforce development—particularly in Massachusetts Gateway Cities. Northern Essex Community College is now in year three of Success for All, its current strategic plan. The plan seeks to remove structural barriers, and create a more equitable, more diverse and inclusive college that reflects the cultures and identities of all people who are part of the NECC community. This work would not be possible without the strong foundation laid by President Glenn.”
Campus Compact is a national nonprofit organization.