We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming Lunch & Learn event, featuring a special presentation by Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher, Chancellor of the Houston Community College System.
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church
Topic: This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable insights from Dr. Fisher and how their “Future Forward Mindset” will be of great benefit to small businesses and entrepreneurs, as well as connect with other professionals in the community over lunch.
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This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable insights from Dr. Fisher, as well as connect with other professionals in the community over lunch.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be an informative and enjoyable event.
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About Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher, Chancellor
Margaret Ford Fisher, Ed.D., began her tenure as Houston Community College’s (HCC)
Chancellor on January 1, 2024.
From 2018-2023, she served as founding president of
HCC Online College, leading to the establishment more than 60 fully online degrees and 70 hybrid programs, building a 62,000-plus enrollment. Previously, she served 20 years as HCC Northeast College president. Since joining HCC in 1985, Dr. Ford Fisher has served in leadership roles, including Interim Vice Chancellor of Instruction, Associate Vice Chancellor of Academics, Dean of Instruction, Division Chair of Arts and Humanities, and English Chair and professor. She has also taught at Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Wichita High School South.
Dr. Ford Fisher has been a lifelong advocate for education locally, nationally, and internationally. She is a long-time member of the HISD advisory committee and a lifetime NAACP member, as well as a long-term Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators advisory committee member and National Congress of Black Women board member. She serves on the International Relations Commission of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and is a
member of AACC’s Commission on Technology and Infrastructure Support. She held a threeyear elected term on the AACC board and represented the organization before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy on National Science Foundation issues. She was AACC spokesperson at the international meetings of ministers of education in Windsor, Canada.
Her awards and honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Honorable Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee at the Rice University Community Forum upon her 2012 publication, Learning for Ownership, and Senior Education Advisor designation by the Honorable Rodney Ellis, former State Senator. She received the LULAC Council 42 Appreciation Award, the W. E. B. DuBois Award from the National Alliance of Black School Educators, the District Award of Merit from the Sam Houston Council of Boy Scouts of America—Antares District, and the Visionary Leaders Award from the Northeast College faculty and staff.
Dr. Ford Fisher has authored more than 50 publications and four books, including the first book on high school dual credit, High School Students Earning College Credit: Guide to Creating Dual Credit Programs (1996). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in the Teaching of English from Wichita State University and a Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston.... More >><< Less
