Dr. Stacy Klippenstein
Rural Community Leaders Fellow
President, Mohave Community College
In 2019, Dr. Stacy Klippenstein became the sixth president of Mohave Community College, which serves the fifth-largest county in the U.S and a large rural section of Arizona. Prior to this appointment, Klippenstein served as president of Miles Community College in rural Montana for six years. Over the past 10 years, Klippenstein has served on the Small and Rural Community College Commission for the American Association of Community Colleges and the executive team for the Mountain States Association of Community Colleges. Prior to his time as a community college president, Klippenstein has served as a vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Montana State University–Billings, which also managed the City College, a two-year technical college in Billings. Other experiences include working at Texas Tech University, Central Washington University and Northern Arizona University. Klippenstein completed his doctorate of education degree at Nova Southeastern University in 2007.
