1. Patrick Vaughn, Ph.D.
31 Civic Park Ct.
O’Fallon, MO 63366
(636) 497-5196
pvaughn20@rocketmail.com
HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
Over 23 years of higher education management and leadership experience, including strategic, budgetary and
operational planning with a reputation for successfully executing planning related goals and objectives in higher
education, arts management, and service related organizations. I hold a Ph.D. in an Interdisciplinary Fine Arts
Doctorial program with additional in-depth training in management and leadership. I am an organizational leader
and advocate at all levels with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vice President for Academic Affairs, With Additional Duties - Wildwood Campus 2009 – 2016
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
 Provided leadership as the chief academic officer of the Wildwood campus
 Provided leadership to the district as a member of the Academic Affairs Leadership Group and Dean’s Council
 Chief administrative and operations officer on the Wildwood campus, including planning and overseeing the campus budget
 Acted as Interim Campus President May 2013 – May 2014
 Additional duty as Interim Director of Student Affairs Summer 2014
 Additional duty as Interim Tutor Coordinator Fall 2015
 Provided guidance and facilitation in my role as liaison to the units of Information Technology, Physical Facilities, Marketing
and Communication, and School and Community Partnerships for the Wildwood campus and district-wide.
 Achievements include:
o Led efforts with Metro-Transit St. Louis and local Mayors and County Council members to schedule bus service to the
Wildwood campus.
o Worked with community partners to develop two annual $500 scholarships for “Collegiate Volunteer Leaders”
o Facilitated the offerings of four programs, three degree options, two certifications at the Wildwood campus
o Partnered with the Florissant Valley campus to offer the Deaf Communication Studies program at Wildwood.
o Partnered with the Forrest Park campus to offer Hospitality and Tourism programs on the Wildwood campus.
o Partnered with the STLCC – Meramec campus to offer the Criminal Justice program on the Wildwood campus.
o Hired eight new full-time faculty in Communications, Economics, Psychology, Math, Science and English
o Successful transition to two new campus course schedules, one to adjust afternoon schedules to accommodate dual
enrollment students traveling from the Rockwood and Meramec Valley School Districts.
o Led a district-wide taskforce for the transition to a completely on-line schedule for St. Louis Community College
o Partnered with multiple community partners to offer campus’ first theatre productions
o Partnered with multiple community partners, artists, and faculty to establish the Campus’s outdoor sculpture exhibits
o Partnered with the University of Missouri – St. Louis to offer special speaker presentations
o Established the STLCC—Wildwood native and sustainable plant identification project
o Proposed and received approval by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for a trail to connect the STLCC-
Wildwood campus with Rockwood Reservations that would create a two-mile walking route.
o St. Louis Community College’s Wildwood chapter of Phi Theta Kappa named a five-star chapter five years running
o Led the development of the STLCC-Wildwood campus master plan, and planning for phase II of the campus.

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Interim Campus President - Wildwood Campus May 2013 – May 2014
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
 Provided leadership for the Wildwood campus, organize and led operations and academic programs
 Provided day-to-day management of the campus, oversee campus operations, a six million dollar budget and performance
objectives for the campus
 Achievements include:
o Led the development of the 2013-2014 campus plan
o Secured Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, and hired additional staff and faculty
o Led the campus Emergency Response Team to develop and carry out a series of training drills
o Partnered with the City of Wildwood’s Planning and Zoning Commission to approve a campus sign located on city
property.
o Partnered with Commerce Bank, KPLR-Channel 11, and Meteorology Students to fund campus weather station
o Developed and implemented a campus-wide recognition program that was available to all students, faculty and staff
o Initiated plan to expand office space for campus police officers
o STLCC – Wildwood named 2014 Business of the Year by the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce
o Developed partnerships with college, community and governmental veterans support services to create the first
“March Muster” a combined resource fair for veterans for the Wildwood campus service area.
Dean, Arts and Humanities Division January 2004 – July 2009
St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO
 Led an academic unit consisting of eight full-time staff, thirty-two full-time and over eighty part-time faculty
 Provided leadership of the division, oversaw all division operations, managed a four-million-dollar budget and division planning.
 Managed multiple departments and programs including Art, English, Foreign Language, Graphic Design, Music, Philosophy,
Global Studies, Speech/Communication, Reading and Theatre
 Achievements include:
o Working with the foundation and individual programs to increase the Arts and Humanities allocation from $7,000 in
2004 to over $70,000 in 2009
o Hiring eight new full time instructors and four new staff positions for the division
o The expansion of Mass Communication and English as a Second Language classes
o The creation of the Reading program including hiring the first full time Reading instructor for St. Charles
o Secured $15,000 from the Flow Controls Division of Emerson Electric for replacement theatre rigging and curtains
Theatre Program Coordinator/Fine Arts Production Manager August 1999 – December 2003
Angelina College, Lufkin, TX
 Developed the curriculum and class schedules for the program
 Supervised and developed the course loads of all the full and part-time theatre faculty and staff
 Developed cooperative relationships with area Universities Public Schools and Theatre organizations
 Developed and managed the budget for the Theatre program
 Coordinated and managed production budgets for Fine Arts Division productions housed in the theatre facility
 Performed as the recruitment officer for the Angelina College Theatre program.
 Achievements include:
o Led Faculty Advisor for the Angelina Center for the Arts
o Consistent high rankings for students competing in play festivals
o Increasing curriculum offerings to include Costuming, Theatre History and Acting III
o Successful transferring of students to university theatre programs.
Technical Director August 1992 – July 1999
Angelina College, Lufkin, TX
 Managed the operations of the Angelina College Fine Arts Auditorium
 Supervised student and contract labor
 Developed the production calendar for the Division of Fine Arts
 Maintained the Angelina College Theatre facility and its equipment
 Managed the production budget of the Angelina College Theatre Program
 Achievements include:
o Development of a strong technical theatre component within the program
o Led student and campus facilities to prepare Hudgens Hall stage and performance spaces for Music performance
o Planned and oversaw the remodeling of storage areas into functional back stage spaces.

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RELATED EXPERIENCE
President July 2006 – July 2008
St. Charles County Arts Council, O’Fallon, MO
 Oversight of the deliberations of the Board of Directors
 Liaison between SCCAC, artists and arts associations
 Advocate with the Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Association of Arts Councils and St. Louis Regional Arts Council
 Acted as an advocate at the state capitol, St. Charles County Board of Aldermen, chambers of commerce, St. Charles
Community Council, Rotary and Kiwanis.
 Achievements included:
o Secured $15,000 each year for the Arts Council operations budget for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009 from the St.
Charles County Council
o Partnering with the St. Charles County Library District to obtain an office and exhibit space for free
o Hired the first full time executive director
o Developed the organization’s first web site
o Planned and oversaw the repurposing of a former dry-cleaning business into a new office and exhibit space for SCCAC
Founding Chair, Board of Directors July 2005 – July 2007
St. Charles County Youth Choir, St. Peters, MO
 Achievements include:
o Establishing the Youth Choir as a non-profit organization
o Hiring the first/current executive director
o Recruited and developed the first board of directors in cooperation with the executive director
o Worked with the director to develop fee structures and scholarships for disadvantaged youth
o Worked with the director to develop the organization’s first fundraisers
Vice President, College/University Section January 2002 – January 2004
Texas Educational Theatre Association, Austin, TX
 Participated in the deliberations of the Board of Directors
 Led the creation of workshops that addressed development needs of College and University Theatre Faculty
 Achievements included:
o Developed statewide standards for transferring credit theatre courses in the state of Texas
o Established a series of training workshops during T.E.T.A.’s annual convention for College/University Faculty
President August 2000 – January 2003
Texas Community College Speech and Theatre Association
 Led planning for the organization
 Presided as the acting official at T.C.C.S.T.A. speech contests and play festivals statewide
 Represented T.C.C.S.T.A. in meetings with individual colleges’ staff and faculty throughout the state
 Represented T.C.C.S.T.A. in meetings with vendors and professional theatre organizations
 Achievements include:
o Updating the bylaws and name change to reflect the Community College Mission
o Successful planning and hosting of the 2003 Theatre Festival
Chair, Scholarship Auditions January 1991 – August 1997
Texas Educational Theatre Association, Austin, TX
 Coordination of the statewide scholarship auditions including 300 students and over 50 schools each year
 Achievements include:
o Facilitating the scholarship auditions for over 1,800 students
o By recruiting college and university representatives from across the country as well as internationally, increased amount
of annual scholarships given from $300,000 to over $600,000
o Developed and presented annual audition workshops for Theatre, Dance, and Music students
Vice President, Board of Directors August 1993 – July 2002
Angelina Alliance for the Performing Arts
 Developed the production season for the Angelina Playhouse
 Achievements include:
o Securing funding for operations of the theatre through small individual donations of $100 - $5,000
o Working with the executive director to obtain a unique $15,000 donation
o Planning and overseeing the remodeling of a former drugstore into a Community Theatre space.

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Producer/Director January 1990 – June 1992
Phound Spaces Production Company, Lubbock, TX
 Recruited and hired participants
 Planned seasons and directed productions
 Secured funding for productions that took place in locations throughout the Texas panhandle
 Achievements include:
o Three years of successful theatre and dance productions in multiple locations including storefronts, military bases,
community parks, museums and galleries.
o Developed ongoing sponsorships from Lubbock business
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Maryville University, Town and Country, MO 2015
Adjunct Instructor, Higher Education Leadership
St. Louis Community College – Wildwood, Wildwood, MO 2011 – 2012
Adjunct Instructor, Theatre Practicum
St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO 2004 –2009
Adjunct Instructor, Speech/Theatre/College Development
Angelina College, Lufkin, TX 1992 –2003
Instructor of Theatre/Speech
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 1988 –1989
Adjunct Professor, Theatre
EDUCATION
PhD, Theatre, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2004
Theatre Directing and Design/Interdisciplinary Fine Arts core emphasizing Arts Management
Requirement for Texas College Speech Instructors (18 graduate credit hours) 1996
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Master of Arts in Theatre, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX 1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 1988
42 Credit Hours, Grayson County Community College, Denison, TX 1985
SELECTED TRAINING
• American Association of Community Colleges, Future Presidents Institute June 2013
• Advance Academy for Leadership and Development June 2010
• Cornell University, Administrative Management Institute August 2008
• Academy for Leadership and Development, (The Chair Academy) July 2006

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SELECTED COLLEGE SERVICE
St. Louis Community College:
• Chair Screening Committee for STLCC Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration 2016
• Member, St. Louis Community College Strategic Planning Council 2015-2016
• Secretary/Vice President, M.C.C.A.– Chief Academic Officers Council 2014-2015
• STLCC - Academic Affairs Leadership Group 2014-2016
• Screening Committee for St. Louis Community College Chancellor Spring 2015
• Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florescent Valley Campus Hiring Search Spring 2013
• District-Wide Student Success Team and Campus Core Team (Achieving the Dream) 2010-2013
• Wildwood Campus Leadership Team 2009-2016
• District Curriculum Committee (excluding the 2013-14 academic year) 2009-2016
• Technology and Educational Support Services Executive Steering Committee 2009-2013
• Developmental Education Redesign Team 2011-2013
• St. Louis Community College District-Wide Capital Planning Committee 2009-2011
• STLCC – Wildwood Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Review Committee 2010-2016
• District-Wide Developmental Education Council 2009-2011
• Campus Host for 2011 Chancellor Search May 2011
• District Assessment Council and Chair, Campus Assessment 2009-2013
• Chair, Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs and Deans Council 2010-2011
• Chair, Transition to Paperless Schedule Taskforce 2009-2010
• College-Wide Academic Council (as Dean level rep) (as VPAA) (as Interim President)
2009-2010 2011-2012 2013-
2014
• Sponsor, Wildwood Environmental Club 2009-2011
St. Charles Community College:
• Editor 2007 and the 2009 SCC General Education Assessment Report 2007/2009
• Administrative representative, Dean-Math, Science and Health Hiring Search 2008
• Planning Council (Internal Governance Task Force – 2004) 2004-2007
• Advisor, Visual Arts Building and the Daniel J. Conoyer Social Science Building 2007-2008
• Edited and revised the SCC “Mentor-Mentoree” Handbook for New Instructors 2007
• Administrative representative, Dean-Business and Social Sciences Search 2006
• Chair, Cultural Arts Committee 2004-2009
• Missouri Consortium on Global Education (Member and Vice President) 2004-2009
Angelina College:
• Lead Faculty Advisor –New Fine Arts Facilities Planning 1998-2002
• Member/Vice President - Faculty Forum 1998-2000
• Learning Resources Committee for Southern Association Accreditation review 1999

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• Committee on Distance Learning 1997-1999
• Chair, Honors and Awards Committee 2000-2003
SELECTED
PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
Professional Affiliations
• American Association of Community Colleges 2012 – 2016
• Missouri Community College Association Presidents and Chancellors 2013 – 2014
• Missouri Community College Association/Chief Academic Officers (excluding 2013-2014) 2009 – 2016
• Founding Member MCCA Chief Academic Officer-Direct Reports 2008 – 2009
• Academy for Leadership and Development 2005 – 2014
• Missouri Community College Association 2004 – 2016
• Founding Member Missouri Developmental Education Consortium 2006 – 2009
• Missouri Consortium on Global Education 2004 – 2009
• Missouri Association of Arts Councils 2004 – 2006
• Texas Non-Profit Theatres 1997 – 2002
• Texas Community College Speech and Theatre Association 1992-2004
• Texas Educational Theatre Association’s Adjudicator’s Organization 1992 – 2004
Selected Personal Affiliations
• Founder and Contributor, Atha Lea “Scotty” Scott Memorial Scholarship 2013 – present
• United States Martial Arts Association 2011 – present
• Volunteer Assistant Instructor - Karate, O’Fallon YMCA 2011 – 2014
• “University of Texoma” (Social organization, not an actual university) 1984 –present
Community Affiliations
• Board Member, Wildwood YMCA 2014 – 2016
• Member, City of Wildwood Arts Council 2012-- 2015
• Member/President Elect, West St. Louis County Rotary 2010 – 2016
• Member, West County Chamber of Commerce 2009 – 2016
• Member, Eureka, Missouri Chamber of Commerce 2009 –2016
• Member, Pacific, Missouri Chamber of Commerce 2009 –2016
• Member, Act II Community Theatre 2006 – 2014
• Member, Missouri Association of Arts Councils 2006 – 2009
• Board Member/President, Arts Council of St. Charles County 2004 – 2009
• Member, St. Charles County School to Business Partnership 2004 – 2006

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• Member and volunteer, Friends of Ellen Trout Zoo 1993 – 2004
• Member and volunteer, Museum of East Texas 1993 – 2004
• Member, Kiwanis of Lufkin, Texas 1997 -- 2004

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HONORS AND AWARDS
• Rotary Club of West St. Louis County, Distinguished Service Citation 2013
• United States Martial Arts Association, Black Belt, Shotokan Karate 2012
• Rotary Club of West St. Louis County, “Service Above Self” Award 2012
• World Wide Who’s Who of Executives and Professionals 2012
• St. Charles Community College, Honorary Global Educator 2009
• St. Charles County Arts Council, Leadership and Service Recognition 2008
• The Academy for Leadership and Development, International Exemplary Leader Award 2006
• International Society of Photography, Excellent, “Temple Ornament” 2006
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 1996 & 2005
• Texas Educational Theatre Association, Service Award 2004
• Texas Community College Speech and Theatre Association, Superior,
Endgame by Samuel Beckett 2003
• Texas Com. Col. Speech and Theater Assn., Excellent, Brutality of Fact by Keith Reddin 2002
• Texas Junior College Speech and Theatre Association, Excellent, Sylvia by A.R. Gurney 2001
• Texas Junior College Speech and Theatre Association, Superior,
Moonlight by Harold Pinter 2000
• Texas Junior College Speech and Theatre Association, Excellent,
Dog Logic by Tom Strelich 1999
• Texas Junior College Speech and Theatre Association, Excellent,
Miss Julie by August Strindberg 1997
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
• Strategic Planning Facilitator, Circle of Concern Food Pantry Fall 2014 – 2016
• Director – Lone Star by James McLure, St. Louis Community College – Wildwood 2015
• Presenter – “You Make a Difference,” Gateway to College-Wide Recognition Participation,
23rd
Annual International Conference of the Academy for Leadership and Development 2014
• Director – Red, White and Tuna, Act II, St. Peters, MO 2012
• Presenter – League of Innovation Conference –“From Seed Money to Value Added” 2012
• Chair – Community Awards Committee, Rotary Club of West St. Louis County 2011 – 2016
• Assistant Director – Southern Hospitality, Act II 2011
• Director – It’s a Wonderful Life (Radio Play), STLCC-Wildwood – each fall 2010 – 2016
• Assistant Director – All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Act II 2008
• Director – The Room and The Dumb Waiter, by Harold Pinter, St. Charles Com. College 2008
• Facilitator – Access to College, Missouri Dept. of Higher Education Transfer Conference 2008
• Director – Plaza Suite, by Neal Simon, Act II 2007
• Lighting and Sound Consultant – Francis Howell School District 2006
• Presenter – “Breaking Down Barriers for New Administrators”, 15th
Annual
International Conference of the Academy for Leadership and Development 2005
• Presenter – “Teaching and Traveling in China”, Missouri Community College Assn. 2005
• Contributor – Global Pages: Memoir and Photo Essay “First Night in Changsha” 2005

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• Commencement Speaker – GED Graduation, NE Correctional Center, Hannibal, MO 2005
• Guest Lecturer – “Inter-cultural Communications” Hunan Normal University, Changsha 2005
• Actor – Roy Cohen, Angels in America, by Tony Kushner, St. Charles Com. College 2005
• Actor – Smokey the Bear – Texas Forestry Service Ad Campaign 2003

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• Commencement Speaker – GED Graduation, NE Correctional Center, Hannibal, MO 2005
• Guest Lecturer – “Inter-cultural Communications” Hunan Normal University, Changsha 2005
• Actor – Roy Cohen, Angels in America, by Tony Kushner, St. Charles Com. College 2005
• Actor – Smokey the Bear – Texas Forestry Service Ad Campaign 2003