Craig H. Larson

Dr. Craig Larson, of Manchester, Missouri, currently is an Area Supervisor of Instruction for Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. In that role, he works with 14 St. Louis Region School Districts, including a number in North St. Louis County. He retired from K-12 school administration in 2010 after a 38-year career as a teacher and a building and district administrator. He served 11 years as principal of Parkway South High and ended his administrative career serving seven years as the Rockwood School District superintendent.

Dr. Larson was originally elected to the Board of Trustees in 2010 and was re-elected in 2016. During his tenure on the Board he has served two terms as Board Chair and has been active with the STLCC Foundation. In addition to serving on STLCC’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Larson has served on the Missouri Community College Association’s (MCCA) Advisory Board since 2012 and is currently serves as chair of the Advisory Board. He has also served as an associate member of several policy committees for the national Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). He is also a member of the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) and regularly attends state and national meetings of MCCA, ACCT and AGB.

In addition to service on the STLCC Board of Trustees, Dr. Larson is a past President of the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce, a former member of St. Louis Boy Scouts Board of Directors, and a former Commissioner with the St. Louis County Media Commission. Dr. Larson has received a number of professional honors, including being named St. Louis High School Principal of the Year and the Communications Leadership Superintendent of the Year by the National School Public Relations Association.

His education includes a bachelors and master’s degree in education from the University of Kansas, an administrative certificate from Washington University, and a doctorate in education from Saint Louis University.