Karen A Stout, Ed.L.D.

Dr. Karen A. Stout has been President of Montgomery County Community College (Pennsylvania) since 2001. Under her leadership, the College has been recognized nationally for its work in student success as an Achieving the Dream Leader College, named the top community college in the country for its use of technology by the Center for Digital Education for three consecutive years, earned President’s National Honor Roll for Community Service for four consecutive years, and declared a Military Friendly Institution by G.I. Jobs for two consecutive years.

Dr. Stout also serves as Advisor to Achieving the Dream – a national nonprofit leading the nation’s most comprehensive student success reform network. In this role, Dr. Stout chairs a committee of presidents and representatives of high-performing colleges who are helping determine national standards of excellence and developing the next generation of community college leaders.

Dr. Stout is Chair of the President’s Advisory Board to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University Teacher’s College, Chair of the American Council for Education’s (ACE) Commission for Women, a member of the NJCAA Board of Directors, a Commissioner for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and a recently-elected member of the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors. From 2005-2007, she served as President of the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, and in 2006, she was named President of the Year by the American Student Association of Community Colleges.

Dr. Stout holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Delaware, a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore, and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Delaware. She was named to the University of Delaware’s Alumni Wall of Fame in 2005 for her outstanding professional and public service achievements.