Biography
Jim Buysse, Ph.D., became interim chancellor of the three-campus district on July 1, 2007. His prior education leadership experience includes 15 years as RCCD's chief business officer and more than 20 years as a senior administrator at community colleges and state education agencies in Colorado and California.
While in Colorado, he was selected by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education as a member of the four person planning team charged with developing the first statewide master plan for Colorado postsecondary education. His California community college experience includes serving in an administrative leadership position at Foothill-De Anza Community College district.
A veteran presenter, he was invited to serve on a Leadership 2000 forum, "Leaderships' Responsibility for Faculty Productivity" during the international conference on leadership development in community colleges conducted by the League for Innovation in the Community College and the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Buysse earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois. He has taught courses at the college level in accounting, public administration, finance, political science.