The Office of the President
Leah L. Bornstein, Ph.D.
Leah.Bornstein@coconino.edu
President – Coconino Community College, Flagstaff Ariz.
Dr. Leah L. Bornstein serves as President of Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, AZ. Established in 1991, the College spans 18,000 square miles of northern Arizona with campuses in Flagstaff and Page, and courses offered in Williams, Grand Canyon, Fredonia and Tuba City. CCC reaches some of the most remote stretches of Arizona with a variety of distance services. The College, with more than 500 full-time and part-time employees, offers more than 60 degrees and certificates and serves nearly 10,000 students. Dr. Bornstein has lead the College through unprecedented planning via a three year strategic and tactical plan implementing over 300 initiatives, a nationally recognized Sustainable Financial Plan implementing over 100 initiatives, and creating a state model joint admissions program - CCC2NAU.
Prior to coming to CCC, Dr. Bornstein served as CEO for Colorado Mountain College - Summit County Campus, one of the nation’s largest rural community colleges. Dr. Bornstein led the campus and community through site determination, land acquisition, design and development of a new 35,000 square foot campus acting as the gateway into Breckenridge, an internationally known ski resort community. She was the Chief Academic Officer at Lamar Community College in Colorado. Dr. Bornstein was Dean of Instruction at the Higher Colleges of Technology - Center for Education Research and Training in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and, the Vice President for Academic Affairs at University College, University of Denver, Colorado.
In each of these positions she has been responsible for working with and facilitating community advisory boards, boards of trustees, and foundation boards; as well as strategic planning and budgeting. Dr. Bornstein’s innovative oversight of facilities, academic and technical programs and support services, economic development and workforce training, distance education, adult education and literacy studies, continuing education, accreditation and faculty supervision has been a strength at each institution.
A native New Englander, Dr. Bornstein’s lifelong commitment to higher education began with her associate’s and bachelor’s of arts degrees from Bradford College in Bradford, MA; master’s degree of education from the University of Vermont; and doctorate degree from the University of Denver. She is known for her keen insight, refreshing candor and innovative campus leadership.
Dr. Bornstein is married to Joseph D. Findley. Joe is employed at Northern Arizona University as the Enrollment Services Technology Director.
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To contact the President’s Office, please call 928-226-4217 or email Executive Assistant Joan White at joan.white@coconino.edu