Reine T. Sarmiento

Dr. Reine Sarmiento has achieved notable success in her 30-year career in the private and public sectors as an innovative and inclusive leader committed to higher education. Increasing enrollment and the college’s profile in her various leadership positions, she has served the City University of New York for the past 19 years. Dr. Sarmiento served twelve years at LaGuardia Community College as Assistant Dean for Enrollment Services and most recently spent seven years at Lehman College as Vice President for Enrollment Management and Associate Provost. She has cultivated diverse teams and leveraged partnerships that have increased access and opportunity in under-served communities at record levels in both institutions. Lehman was recently ranked third in the nation as a top engine of social mobility.

She is known for inclusive leadership and belief in shared governance by aligning academic affairs, student services, finance, and information technology. She was selected as Lehman College’s lead in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Center for Student Success Pilot cohort. She is a recent graduate of AASCU’s prestigious Millennial Leadership Institute.

Recognized as an accomplished practitioner, she has served on New York City task forces regarding work-based learning and has received national recognition in various programs under her leadership. Dr. Sarmiento also remains connected to the mission of community colleges by leading the Bronx Transfer Affinity Group (BTAG) by partnering with four community colleges and community-based organizations. BTAG has been recognized by the Bronx Borough President and hailed as a system model of partnership by cultivating a graduation culture at community colleges and eliminating technical and social barriers in the transfer process.