Dr. Brock Kelley currently serves as President of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College. Before his appointment of his current role, Dr. Kelley served as Regional Director of Workforce Development for the Alabama Community College System. He has extensive experience in creating education-to-industry pipelines. Dr. Kelley has been instrumental in developing programs and initiatives in the areas of career awareness and career preparation across the state. Most recently, he founded the Alabama RISE Program at LBW which focuses on training individuals with disabilities for the workforce and has been the catalyst for a statewide partnership between multiple state entities.
In his most recent appointment, Dr. Kelley worked with each community college to foster and create pipelines between educational institutions which was highlighted by his integral part in the JumpstartAL initiative which has been published nationally.
Before joining the community college system, Dr. Kelley served as the Director of Workforce Development for the Alabama Department of Education. He earned his Ph.D. in Adult Education from Auburn University in 2018 and has recently been nominated as one of Auburn University Top 20 Alumni under the age of 40.
Prior to joining state-level government, Dr. Kelley worked just shy of a decade in K-12 where he served in numerous roles such as the Principal of Charles Henderson High School, and the System-wide Behavior Specialist with the Enterprise City Schools. During his tenure as Principal and most recently with the Alabama Department of Education, Dr. Kelley worked to increase the labor participation rate in Alabama by focusing on three areas such as career awareness, career exploration, and post-secondary preparation.
Dr. Kelley is a native of Opp, Alabama and a graduate of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College. During his time as a student at LBW, he was a member of the Saints Baseball Team before transferring to Troy University to extend his playing career. While at Troy, Dr. Kelley completed a Bachelors in Collaborative K-6 and a Masters in Collaborative 6-12.