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Montgomery College President
Brian K. Johnson has named Dr. Sonya Chiles as his chief of staff. Dr. Chiles
has served the College for the past 15 years as a criminal justice professor
and has served Montgomery
County in recent years as
a member of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.
A 2005 recipient of Montgomery College's Outstanding Faculty Award, Dr.
Chiles has also served the College as a mentor for both students and faculty,
as a faculty associate for the Center for Teaching and Learning, and as a
member of the College's Academic Assembly. She also served in 2006 on the
Presidential Search Advisory Committee.
A noted expert in her field,
Dr. Chiles has served on and led a wide variety of panel discussions and has
been a presenter at a number of national and international professional
conferences. She has been instrumental in bringing noted national speakers to
the college. Dr. Chiles earned a B.S. degree, with honors, in Criminal Justice
and Education, from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from the Georgetown University
Law Center.
"Dr. Chiles has been a
trailblazer in her field and brings a solid reputation as a professional who
functions with the highest integrity in everything she undertakes," Dr.
Johnson said. "She brings a broad and diverse range of management skills
to this position and I am so pleased that she will be serving us in this
important role."
Dr. Chiles will officially
assume her new post on July 1.
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Montgomery College is a public,
open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and
Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education
centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery County, Md. The College
serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit
programs, in more than 100 areas of study.
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