The African American Leadership Institute (AALI) at AACC works to develop highly qualified, diverse leaders and to provide targeted leadership development and much needed support for Black and African American faculty and staff. This group works to improve the retention rates for this population and increasing the diversity of college leadership.

This program is open to all employees, but particularly targets African American faculty and staff who are interested in promotion and progressively responsible leadership positions at AACC. Ideal candidates are in good standing at the college and are pursuing a future career in leadership.

Founder of AALI

Alycia Marshall, Ph.D., is the visionary behind AACC’s African American Leadership Institute, which she founded to cultivate and empower emerging Black leaders. Formerly the associate vice president for Learning and Academic Affairs at AACC, she now serves as provost and vice president for academic and student success at the Community College of Philadelphia. With a doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Maryland, College Park, Marshall’s extensive career includes years of high school and college-level teaching and service as Mathematics department chair at AACC, where she oversaw up to 120 faculty and staff.

Marshall has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Verizon Community Innovator Award and the John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award. She also founded a grant program providing scholarships, mentoring, and support to underrepresented STEM students and remains active in national mathematics education reform.