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Lisa Young

Vice President of the Board (2023 -2025)

Maricopa County Community College District
Location: United States of America
Term: 2023-2025

With thirty years of experience as faculty in higher education, Lisa C. Young, Ph.D. currently serves as the Faculty Administrator for Open Education and Innovation for the Maricopa Community Colleges and faculty at Scottsdale Community College. She provides leadership for the planning, implementation, and growth of open education efforts and academic innovations – including microcredentialing, artificial intelligence and academic technology digital transformation. The goal is to identify, sustain and grow instructional innovation at the institutional level. Prior to this role, Dr. Young served as the Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Scottsdale Community College where she led efforts in eLearning, faculty development, open educational practices, and more. Lisa served as program director and faculty meeting industry needs through the development and continuous updates of the water resources and occupational safety programs at GateWay Community College for fifteen years. In 1997, Young was one of the first two faculty members to teach online at the college. Dr. Young is currently serving as the Vice President of OE Global and has previously served as co-President of the Community College Consortium of Open Educational Resources (CCCOER). She is a founding member of the Maricopa Millions project which has saved students over $30 million in course materials costs. The Maricopa Millions project has shifted to Open Maricopa with a mission of facilitating  widespread use of open, low-cost, quality materials to promote student success, textbook affordability, and increased access to a quality educational experience

Dr. Young has a B.S. in Environmental Geography, M.Ed. in Learning and Instructional Technology, Ph.D. in Instructional Design for Online Learning, and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Data Analytics for Higher Education.She has been a member of OE Global and the Community College Consortium of OER (CCCOER) since 2013 having served on the board of CCCOER serving as Vice President of Professional Development and Co-President of CCCOER.