Al Barringer

Bowling Green Technical College President Nathan Hodges named Al Barringer, Ed.D., to serve as the new Chief Economic Development, Community and Workforce Development Officer and Director of the new Bowling Green Technical College Franklin Center.
...
Dr. Barringer is the former Vice President for Administration for the Southwest Campus of St. Philip's College in San Antonio Texas.He supervised over 14 workforce programs, a very large Continuing Education division and a 27 acre campus.

Prior to his Vice Presidency, Dr. Barringer was the Chair for the Public Safety Careers Division of the Northeast College-Houston Community College System.As Chair for 7 years, he developed and directed over 10 new certificates and Applied Science degree programs and spearheaded a project to build a $30M public Safety Institute at the Northeast College.

He began his teaching career as a police academy instructor at Kilgore College and the University of Houston-Downtown.Al earned his bachelors in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University, his Masters in Higher Education from the University of Houston at Clear Lake, and he earned a Doctorate in Education from the University of Texas at Austin in the Community College Leadership program.Al has presented at national conferences on education and workforce.

He is a member of the Networking Committee for Homeland Security of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), and the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE).

"Dr. Barringer brings to his new post more than 25 years in community and technical college experience, along with an in-depth understanding of the policies, goals and administrative procedures of a Community and Technical College System," States Nathan Hodges, President of Bowling Green Technical College."Over the past years, his leadership was essential to the success of Houston Community College and the Southwest Campus of St. Philip's College in San Antonio Texas."Along the way, he has served as an entrepreneurial leader by developing coalitions and community partnerships that supported many educational and economic development efforts in the state of Texas."

"I am excited to be joining BGTC with its history of service to its students and communities," said Dr. Barringer.
...
Dr. Al Barringer

The same goes for Al Barringer, the former vice president of Southwest Campus, who no longer is employed by the district.

"I'm not going to discuss Al Barringer, and you'd know that already, probably," she said.

She was, however, open to discussing the reason that that position no longer exists.
...
One report was to Barringer and the other was to the vice president of academic affairs and vice president of student services at the main campus.

U.S. Congressman Ed Whitfield (right) presents a flag for the new Bowling Green Techincal College Franklin-Simpson Center to BGTC President Nathan Hodges (Center) and Center Director Al Barringer.

The same goes for Al Barringer, the former vice president of Southwest Campus, who no longer is employed by the district.

"I'm not going to discuss Al Barringer, and you'd know that already, probably," she said.

She was, however, open to discussing the reason that that position no longer exists.
...
One report was to Barringer and the other was to the vice president of academic affairs and vice president of student services at the main campus.