Dr. Anton R. Reece hails originally from the Caribbean Country of Barbados.  Dr. Reece has an extensive dual career in broadcasting and has also served more than 26 years in higher education. Dr. Reece is an honor graduate with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast news and a master’s degree in counseling from Eastern Kentucky University, twenty-four hours above his master’s from Murray State University, and a doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville.  Dr. Reece was WKCTC's Dean of Student Affairs and enrollment. Dr. Reece has a legacy of firsts as the first Minority Affairs Coordinator in the University of Kentucky Community College System in 1990.  From 1999-2003, Anton created history again by becoming the first African American Dean of Student Affairs in Paducah Community College/Paducah Junior College history. Dr Reece has also served as Associate Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Executive Director of Student Success at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. On October 1, 2016, Dr. Reece as the first African American and second President of West Kentucky Community and Technical college. Dr. Reece is humbled to serve as President of WKCTC, which according to the Aspen Institute is a record five-time, top-ten ranked college, and in May 2021 ranked in the top 5 colleges with distinction among the nation’s more than 1,100 community and technical colleges.