Tracy Hall

Dr. Tracy D. Hall assumed the presidency of Southwest Tennessee Community College on July 13, 2015.  After a national search that attracted more than 65 applicants, the Tennessee Board of Regents selected Dr. Hall out of four finalists. She is the first woman to hold this position.  

Dr. Hall believes deeply in the access and success mission of the Community College and is passionate about increasing economic and social mobility opportunities for under resourced students and communities.  

Prior to joining Southwest, she served as Vice-President of Academic Affairs at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park and served six years as associate dean of instruction and five years as a full-time speech, mass communication, and intercultural communication faculty member at Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley in Kansas City, MO.

Dr. Hall also served as the minority student retention services coordinator for Kennesaw (GA) State University and began her professional career as a full-time Communications instructor at St. Louis Community College-Meramec from 1993-1997.

She currently serves on local and national boards, including The Memphis Medical District Collaborative, The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), where she has co-chaired the Commission on Student Success and currently co-chairs the Economic and Workforce Development Commission.  She also serves on the board of The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and serves as Chair of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Dr. Hall earned a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, a master's degree in Communications from Wichita State (KS) University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Speech and Mass Communications.  

Dr. Hall and her husband, Anthony, are the proud parents of three adult children.