Marissa Moreno

Dr. Marissa Moreno is the Vice President of Transfer, Placement, and Workforce at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where she serves on the President's Cabinet and leads institutional strategy across transfer pathways, workforce development, work-based learning, and career services. With more than 25 years of progressive leadership in community college education, she has built a career defined by equity-centered innovation and high-impact partnership development.

As a student affairs professional, she led transformative initiatives resulting in institutional reform. As the Director of Advising, Dr. Moreno reformed the advising model using Completion by Design research, shifting from unassigned advising to pathway aligned advisors. As the Executive Director of School & College Partnerships, she initiated broad transformative enrollment management through the oversight of recruitment, dual credit programs, advising & transfer programs, and career services.  

As Associate Vice President of Transfer & Educational Partnerships, Dr. Moreno commanded bold, data-informed initiatives using research-based methodology. She conducted comprehensive institutional assessments and developed strategic transfer frameworks that produced measurable student success improvements. Under her leadership, Dr. Moreno secured several grants that directly enhanced student outcomes at scale, leveraging external resources for institutional transformation.

A scholar-practitioner, Dr. Moreno has published peer-reviewed research on dual enrollment equity and academic advising. She is a Policy Fellow with EdTrust, Vice President of the United for College + Career Success Board, and Vice Chair of the Research Commission for the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.

Dr. Moreno earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Houston and her Master of Science and Bachelor of Social Work degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Moreno is committed to leading institutions that serve as engines of economic mobility—closing equity gaps through intentional pathways from dual credit to transfer to career.