Author: Margaret Ford Fisher
Bio: Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher holds a B.A. in English and an M.A. in the Teaching of English from Wichita State University (Kansas), and a Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Houston (Texas). She began her tenure as Houston Community College’s (HCC) Interim Chancellor in 2023. From 2018-2023, she served as founding president of HCC Online College. Since joining HCC in 1985, Dr. Ford Fisher has served in numerous leadership roles. She has also taught at Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Wichita High School South. She was an assistant professor of Intercultural Communications and International Relations at Wichita State University (Kansas) for nine years.

Dr. Ford Fisher has been a lifelong advocate for education locally, nationally, and internationally. She is a member of the HISD advisory committee and a lifetime NCAAP 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 was AACC spokesperson at the international meetings of ministers of education in Windsor, Canada.

Source: [Houston Community College](https://www.hccs.edu/chancellor/chancellor-biography/)