Barbara Medina

Barbara Medina retired August 5th as Executive Director of the New Mexico Association of Community Colleges after a career spanning more than 40 years in education. She previously served as Assistant Commissioner for Transformation and Innovation at the Colorado Department of Education, where she helped reorganize school evaluation and accreditation processes and developed an Equity Toolkit for Administrators. Earlier roles include central office administrator in public schools, professor training principals and teachers at small colleges, and work on policy supporting linguistically and culturally diverse students. She earned a bachelor's of science, a master's of arts from St. John's College, and a doctorate in education policy and practice from the University of Colorado Boulder 26 years ago. Now operating her independent consulting business, she offers executive coaching, meeting facilitation, and board training while serving on the board of a charter school and advocating for migrant families and opportunity scholarships in New Mexico.