Stephanie Fujii

Stephanie J. Fujii, Ph.D. is a passionate, outcomes-oriented, community college leader with over 30+ years of higher education experience in student affairs, instruction, and workforce/career and technical education at public, private and Research I institutions. Most of her experience has been serving in community colleges in OR, NV, and AZ before coming to CO to serve as the president of Arapahoe Community College (ACC) in July 2021.

Prior to moving to administration, she was tenured faculty, division chair, and faculty senate president. Past administrative experience include service as a system/district level director leading and facilitating instructional support services and programs between ten colleges, a college instructional workforce dean, and a vice president of academic affairs. She has presented nationally on the topics of resiliency and leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion, retention/persistence, college counseling, and student development.

She has been interviewed for her national work on inclusion and belonging by Inside Higher Education and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She has authored articles for the American College Counseling Association, the American Association for Community Colleges and is published in the Community College Journal of Research & Practice.

Stephanie serves as a board member for Campus Compact, on the ASU+GSV Higher Education Insights Board and on the Executive Committee for the board of the American Association of Community Colleges. Currently she is also the President of the National Asian/Pacific Islander Council (NAPIC). She has a BA in Communication and an MA in Counseling, both from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Ph.D. in Ed Leadership & Policy Studies from Arizona State University.