Dr. Andreea M. Serban is the President at Santa Barbara City College in California. Previously, she served as Vice Chancellor of Technology and Learning Services at South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) in Mission Viejo, California, providing leadership for districtwide programs encompassing instructional and student services, administrative and academic technology, economic development and workforce training, grants, research, and planning. Prior to joining SOCCCD in August 2006, she was first the Director of Institutional Assessment, Research and Planning and then the Associate Vice President for Information Technology, Research and Planning at Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, California since 1999. Dr. Serban also had administrative and faculty positions at University of Redlands, Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York System Administration, Institute for Educational Sciences and University of Bucharest. Dr. Serban received a Ph.D. and a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from University at Albany, State University of New York and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from University of Bucharest.

Dr. Serban is a published author, former editor of the Professional File, a publication of the international Association for Institutional Research (AIR), current associate editor of Planning for Higher Education, the journal of the Society for College and University Planning, and current executive editor of the Journal for Applied Research in the Community College. She co-edited and authored monographs and articles and is a frequent speaker at regional, state and national events on knowledge management, performance funding and reporting, assessment of student learning outcomes, enrollment management, and strategic planning. Dr. Serban is Past President of the Research and Planning Group of California Community Colleges and the former chair of the AIR Publications Committee.

Dr. Serban has participated in major statewide projects, including the development of the AB1417 accountability framework and the environmental scan for the statewide strategic planning for California Community Colleges. She is one of the authors of “Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges,” which has become the basis for the statewide initiative on student success and basic skills currently under way. On February 23, 2008, this seminal work was honored with the Mertes Award for Excellence in Community College Research from the Association for California Community College Administrators. Dr. Serban is a member of the Action Planning Groups for the implementation of the basic skills and intersegmental transfer components of the Statewide Strategic Plan for California Community Colleges. Dr. Serban is also a successful grant writer. She is currently directing two $1.6 million dollar statewide projects: the Transfer Leadership Center and Articulation of Career Technical Education Pathways to Four-year Institutions.