Grey Edwards Jr.

Dr. Grey Edwards, Jr., joined the Board of Trustees in January 2017. Dr. Edwards has more than 45 years’ service to the military and served as a practitioner of the U.S. Army adult education program. Formerly, Dr. Edwards served as Chief of the Army Continuing Education Services (ACES) Hub at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he directed the organization, development, synchronization and execution of ACES operations at five installations supporting over 50,000 soldiers. Prior to his role at ACES Hub, Dr. Edwards served as the Education Services Officer at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where he provided supervisory and managerial guidance, leadership, employee development, performance and workload management, as well as work process analysis and training to an assigned workforce. Dr. Edwards has also served as Supervisory Education Services Specialist and Pre-discharge Education Program Supervisor at Giessen Education Center, Guidance Counselor at Kirchgoens Educations Center, Regional Administrator for Central Texas College’s European Division in Hanau, Germany, and Teacher/Principal for the Virginia Beach School District.

Dr. Edwards holds an EdD in Adult Education from Nova University, a MS in Education Supervision from Longwood College, a BA in History, Religion and Education from Fredrick College, and a certificate in Advanced Graduate Study in Counseling and Human Services from Boston University. Dr. Edwards retired on August 1, 2017 from Fort Benning, Georgia as the Director of Education for the Army Bases in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. He will be dividing retirement time between Bonita Springs, Florida and Holly Hill, South Carolina.