Kim McGinnis

With more than 23 years of educational and administrative experience in higher education, Dr. Kim McGinnis serves as Goodwin’s Dean of Students. Previously, she served as the Dean of Student Services at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Interim Vice President of Student Support Services at Long Beach City College; Vice President of Student Services at Monterey Peninsula College; and Dean of Student Services at Miami Dade College Medical Campus. Prior to that, she was Williamsburg Technical College’s eighth president and the College’s first woman president in Kingstree, SC. Other previous positions include Vice President of Continuing Education at James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, NC; Director of Occupational Extension Training, Corporate and Community Education with Carteret Community College in Morehead City, NC; Dean of Technical and Vocational Programs at Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine, NC; and Horticulture Programs Department Head and Instructor also at Mayland.

Dr. McGinnis is a graduate of Leadership Greater Bridgeport and serves on multiple boards including the Bridgeport Public Education Fund, Junior Achievement Bridgeport Community Board and the Rotary Club of Bridgeport. She is active in the Bridgeport Regional Business Council and serves on the Board of the Women’s Leadership Council. She is actively involved with NASPA having completed the NASPA Higher Education Law and Policy Certificate and serving on the VPSA conference planning committee. Dr. McGinnis has received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges and was recognized as the Outstanding Faculty Member at Mayland Community College. She was selected as the Dallas Herring Fellow for the Future President’s Institute representing the North Carolina Community College System. She is past president of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, NC Chapter, and received the Glass Ceiling Award from South Carolina’s Chapter of Women in Higher Education.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in landscape horticulture from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC; a Master of Arts degree in education from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC; a Master of Science in Psychology from Capella University; a Master of Science in Education Law from NOVA Southeastern University, and a Doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.