February 5, 2025 (Haverhill, MA) – Campus Compact is pleased to announce that Lane A. Glenn, Ph.D., president of Northern Essex Community College (NECC), has been awarded Campus Compact’s Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Presidential Leadership. The award recognizes presidents and chancellors from community colleges who have exemplified a deep and sustained commitment to civic and community engagement throughout their careers.

Glenn is recognized as Massachusetts’ longest-serving community college president, where his leadership and dedication to equity have made an indelible mark, not just on the communities NECC serves, but across Massachusetts and its educational institutions.

“President Glenn is a strong advocate for colleges and universities as engines of economic and workforce development—particularly in Massachusetts Gateway Cities,” said Allison M. Dolan-Wilson, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at NECC in a letter nominating Glenn for the award. “Northern Essex Community College is now in year three of Success for All, its current strategic plan. The plan seeks to remove structural barriers and create a more equitable, more diverse, and inclusive college that reflects the cultures and identities of all people who are part of the NECC community. This work would not be possible without the strong foundation laid by President Glenn.”

“President Glenn’s longtime leadership at Northern Essex Community College clearly demonstrates the unique and vital contributions that civically engaged community college leaders can make toward community development and wellbeing,” said Bobbie Laur, president of Campus Compact. “We are honored to recognize his many years of dedicated leadership in higher education civic and community engagement work with this award.”

The Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Presidential Leadership is presented as part of Campus Compact’s Impact Awards, which recognize shining examples of meaningful, impactful higher education civic and community engagement work. Read more about the other awards and this year’s recipients here.

The recipients of these awards will be recognized at Compact25, Campus Compact’s annual conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from March 31st – April 2nd, 2025.