About
Dr. Lisa Cooper Wilkins has deliberately cultivated a career of service with an emphasis on access, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and success. She takes pride in being a culturally responsive leader who is deeply committed to the transformational power of the education and the multiple pathways to success it affordably creates for students. She believes that students, faculty, and staff with all of their multiple identities must feel seen, heard, and directly engaged in making necessary systemic changes to our institutions.
Dr. Cooper Wilkins prioritizes holistically supporting and empowering students and employees. With deep respect for the direct impact that employees make to our students, she believes that when employees feel valued and supported, they show up as the best versions of themselves with greater capacity to elevate student success.
She completed her doctoral degree at the George Washington University in Higher Education Administration in addition to master’s degrees from Villanova University in Counseling and Human Relations and Psychological Services from Marymount University.