Dr. Lisa Cooper Wilkins
Board of Directors
Dr. Lisa Cooper Wilkins has deliberately cultivated a career of service with an emphasis on access, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and success. She takes pride in being a culturally responsive leader who is deeply committed to the transformational power of the education and the multiple pathways to success it affordably creates for students. Dr. Lisa Cooper Wilkins was appointed the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at City College of San Francisco in 2020. Dr. Cooper Wilkins has recently honored to receive two national awards for her service in higher education: the 2024 NASPA Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Dean/Vice President of Student Affairs and the 2024 Senior Level Professional Award from the American College Personnel Association’s Senior-Level Community of Practice. Additionally, the San Joaquin Pride Center’s 2018 Education Champion Award; and the NAACP’s 2017 Medgar Evers Freedom Fighter Award. She remains actively engaged in public and professional service currently serving as the President of the Umoja Community Education Foundation Board of Directors.