James P Lombella Bio Updated 06 05 14

James P. Lombella, President Asnuntuck Community College A graduate of Holyoke Community College (A.S.), James Lombella ...

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James P. Lombella, President Asnuntuck Community College A graduate of Holyoke Community College (A.S.), James Lombella earned his Master of Management degree from Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education at the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education at Nova Southeastern University. Mr. Lombella began his career as the founder of a retail and service company and, following a successful start-up, he joined Jen Coat, Inc. where he was appointed to the position of Quality Control and Internal ISO 9000 Lead Auditor. Following Jen Coat, he spent time in two successive companies (Plastipak Packaging Company and the Pepperidge Farm division of the Campbell Soup company) as an Operations Manager in each company. Mr. Lombella joined Asnuntuck in 2009 in the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (AMTC) as an Adjunct Credit Instructor while assisting to lead the development of the guidelines for the S.M.A.R.T. (Skills for Manufacturing and Related Technologies) grant for the State of Connecticut. From 2010 through 2012, he was the Director then Associate Dean of Workforce Development and Continuing Education, where he supervised the operations of Workforce Development, Continuing Education, Business and Industry and the Marketing divisions of the college. In 2012, he became the CFO/Dean of Administration, which he has maintained in a dual role since being appointed the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer in June of 2013. On May 30, 2014, President Gregory Gray of the Board of Regents for Higher Education announced that James P. Lombella was selected to be the fourth President of Asnuntuck Community College. President Lombella currently serves as a Steering Committee member for New England's Knowledge Corridor, a member of Rotary Club of Enfield CT, a Board member for the Asnuntuck Community College Foundation, Inc., a member/college representative for NCCCC (North Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce) and served on their Scholarship Committee in 2012 & 2013. He has also served as a Board member for Capital Workforce Partners North Central One-Stop Operating Consortium in 2010, a Panel member for the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) Regional Conference in 2011, and a judge for the 2014 Ms. Senior Connecticut Pageant.