Amanda Phillips is an experienced community college counselor and administrator. With College of the Desert, she has been honored to oversee programs that have earned state and national recognition, including the 2018 Bellwether Award, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office 2018 Student Success Award, and a Finalist for 2021 Examples of Excelencia.  She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, an M.A. in School Counseling from University of Redlands, and is working toward an Ed.D. at Kansas State University.