Dr. Tina Tinney

chancellor

Nunez Community College

Dr. Tina Tinney began her career as a high school teacher in St. Bernard Parish, and later transitioned to Nunez Community College where she served as the Health and Natural Sciences Department Chair. Relocation post-Katrina brought her to Southeastern Louisiana University where she was a Microbiology Instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences and also served as the SACS Liaison for the department. Dr. Tinney has served Northshore Technical Community College, a multi-campus institution, since 2013 initially as Dean of Academics and STEM and currently as Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives.  With a commitment to educational excellence, she successfully expanded and diversified curriculum, fostered K-12 and four-year university pathways, and implemented innovative programs and policies in student advising, student transfer, faculty development and programmatic assessment. Dr. Tinney was instrumental in the facility design and programmatic development of Northshore's $10 million STEM Campus, located in Lacombe, LA. Dr. Tinney advocates for community colleges, and particularly "Women in STEM". She also serves on the Region 1 Workforce Development Board and is a member of the Louisiana Professional Women's Association.