Casey K. Sacks is the Vice Chancellor for the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. Her primary roles include providing vision and leadership for statewide initiatives in the areas of policy support, workforce development, technology innovation, program recruitment and retention, grant management, and the delivery of community and technical college education. She is particularly excited about leadership development in the West Virginia System and started a Deans’ Academy to help support mid- level managers. Casey has been very involved nationally with the college completion agenda through the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin and with Complete College America. She is an advocate for creating structures that help our students to complete college and move into jobs that allow them to sustain their families and support their communities. Prior to her work in West Virginia, Sacks spent eight years at the Colorado Community College System in Academic Affairs. There, she provided key leadership for system-wide developmental education policy reform. Sacks completed her Ph.D. in higher education
administration at Bowling Green State University in Ohio specializing in institutional planning. She is an active Rotarian, avid equestrian, and travel enthusiast.