LLCC President promoted to rank of Colonel in Army National Guard

Contact:  Lynn Whalen lynn.whalen@llcc.edu

SPRINGFIELD -- Lincoln Land Community College President Charlotte J. Warren, Ph.D., was promoted to the rank of Colonel during a ceremony at Oglethorpe Armory in Ellenwood, Georgia, Jan. 6.  She serves in the Georgia Army National Guard as deputy commander of the Joint Forces Headquarters Medical Command.

She is only the fourth female to attain this rank in the Georgia Army National Guard, where she has served for more than 16 years.    

“I join the Board of Trustees in expressing our congratulations to Colonel Warren on her well deserved promotion,” said Kent Gray, chair of the LLCC Board of Trustees. “She is not only a leader in education, but a leader in our nation’s armed forces.  All of us at Lincoln Land are proud to support her service to our country and have the utmost respect for her distinguished career with the Army.”

Dr. Warren assumed the duties of LLCC president on May 1, 2006 following a position as president of the Community College Alliance at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to that, she held positions of provost, assistant academic vice president for continuing and corporate education and chair of the Department of Nursing at Georgia Perimeter College. 

She holds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the College of Education, University of Virginia; a master’s degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing and a bachelor’s degree in nursing, both from Virginia Commonwealth University.