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Dr. Kellie Sims Butler
Superintendent/President, Solano Community College District
Dr. Kellie Sims Butler began her tenure as Superintendent-President of Solano Community College on July 1, 2024.
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With a career spanning over two decades in higher education, Kellie has served as a faculty member, classified staff, and administrator, most recently as the Vice President of Student Services (VPSS) at Folsom Lake College. Prior to serving as a VPSS, Kellie was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Penn State, Executive Director of the Civic Engagement Center and Undergraduate Research and Fellowships at Rice University, Assistant Dean of the Graduate Division at UC Davis, and Dean of Student Services at Folsom Lake College.Â
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Kellie’s journey as a first-generation college student has deeply influenced her professional ethos. She is passionately committed to the empowerment of students from diverse backgrounds, including BIPOC, first-generation, those from historically underrepresented and marginalized groups, students with diverse abilities, and students facing disproportionate challenges.
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Kellie credits her success to the invaluable guidance of her mentors and is driven by a profound sense of responsibility to “pay it forward.” Her dedication is encapsulated in her belief that “to whom much is given, much is required,” a principle that underpins her approach to fostering the academic and career aspirations of others. Kellie is married with two adult children.
Dr. Celia Esposito-Noy
Superintendent/President, Solano Community College District
The Solano Community College (SCC) Board of Trustees announced the decision to authorize Board President A. Marie Young to offer the appointment of Superintendent/President to Dr. Celia Esposito-Noy and negotiate the terms of the contract at a special board meeting held on November 23, 2015.
Celia began her higher education career as classified staff at Chabot College supervising tutoring services. Following graduate school, she served as a dean at a liberal arts college before returning to work in the community college system as adjunct faculty, director, associate vice president, vice president, interim president and most recently as Vice Chancellor, Educational Services at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District.
Celia has served as president and past president for the CCCCSSAA (Chief Student Services Administrators) and as a member of the CCCAA Board (Athletic Association). Much of her professional work has focused on developing strategies and interventions for successfully serving students enrolled in basic skills classes, students suffering from trauma, and those with mental health challenges. She has presented at state and national conferences on strategies for advancing student success. Her dissertation examined the use of social modeling in a basic skills math class as a means for informing successful student behavior.
Celia earned her BA degree from San Francisco State University, her MA degree from Stanford University, and her Ed.D. from Mills College. She has lived in Solano County since 1998 and currently resides in Fairfield.
