Dr. Lenna Young Named Vice-President at Greenville Tech

Dr. Lenna C. Young has been named Vice President of Academic Affairs at Greenville Technical College. She joined Greenville Tech in August 2009 as Dean of Business and Public Service, focusing on supporting faculty to offer innovative teaching practices and service to students and leading academics to offer world-class career and technical education. 

Prior to her higher education career, Young followed her military spouse for nearly 25 years across the United States and Europe. During that time, she began her federal civilian service career leading military children and youth programming for over 10 years as a program director. She also spent four years as a budget analyst for U.S. Special Operations Command research and development and procurement accounts.

Upon returning to South Carolina, Young began teaching in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) program at Tri-County Technical College. At the same time, she began her doctoral studies at Clemson University, where her research focused on the selection and effects of professional development on teaching quality. Young later became ECD Program Coordinator at Tri-County Tech, leading the program’s self-study for National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation, which resulted in the program’s associate degree becoming one of the first 30 in the nation to achieve this milestone. 

Along with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Young earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology/guidance and counseling from Newberry College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Central Florida.