David Cunningham

Background

About David Cunningham

David G. Cunningham, M.Ed, has twenty-seven years of Higher Education administration experience including: Designing and leading numerous institutional conferences and retreats geared toward organizational planning and renewal Planning and facilitating over 80 curriculum development projects that integrated college-level instruction with contemporary industry needs Leading higher-education accreditation studies and implementing long-range plans dealing with institutional change Planning and delivering a year-long professional development program for aspiring Washington state Community College Workforce Deans Dave has served as the chair of the King County Eastside Coalition of Agencies, as president of the Washington State Workforce Education Council, and as Dean of Workforce at both Shoreline Community College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pure Science from Scotland’s University of Glasgow and a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington. When not working, Dave plays golf, skis, hikes the Cascades, builds cedar garden structures, reads and dabbles in water color. Related Work History •Teacher of methods of planning and facilitating – ten years •Teacher of new aircraft design and build policies for The Boeing Company – two years •Human development community organizer in rural villages in Taiwan and Wales – four years •Community organizer in the United Kingdom – two years