Dr. Nancy Dishner has been elected to the Tusculum College Board of Trustees. Dr. Dishner serves as executive vice president of the Niswonger Foundation in Greeneville.
After 30 years of service in education, she retired as vice provost for enrollment services and director of the Roan Scholars Leadership Program at East Tennessee State University. Prior to this position she was a tenured professor in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She served five years as a full-time faculty member. She has also served as a public school teacher in Unicoi County.
“We were very pleased Dr. Dishner accepted our invitation to join our Board of Trustees,” said Kenneth A. Bowman, a 1970 graduate of the college and chair of the Board of Trustees. “She has extensive experience in education and leadership, and we look forward to her insight and influence as the college grows.”
Dr. Dishner is an alumna of East Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, a master’s degree in supervision and administration, and a doctorate in administration. She holds elementary teaching and principalship certifications in Tennessee.
Dr. Nancy Dishner
She is the recipient of the ETSU Outstanding Staff Award and was honored with recognition in the ETSU Clemmer College of Education Hall of Fame.
Dr. Dishner was named the ETSU Outstanding Alumna for 2013, and has a street named in her honor on the campus. She has also been recognized with the Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award from the Freshman Year Experience Program at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Dishner served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Johnson City/ Jonesborough/ Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and established and chaired the Partners in Education program for Johnson City and Washington County. She served on the Johnson City Public Building Authority, as both secretary and chair of the public relations committee. She served as President of the ETSU Staff Senate and two terms as President of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
She is a member of the ETSU Foundation and serves on the Executive Council for the Niswonger Children’s Hospital. She is vice chair of the Board of the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association; a steering committee member on the State Collaborative for Reforming Education, and on the Board of the Tennessee College Access and Success Network. She is chair of the ETSU Roan Scholars Steering Committee. She is also an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church.