Bio

Welcome to the Office of the President

 

Elñora Tena Webb, Ph.D.

President, Laney College

Elñora Tena Webb became the President of Laney College, the flagship of the Peralta Community College District, beginning July 2010.  Located on the shores of Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland, Laney is home to more than 14,000 students and 500 professionals–faculty, classified staff and administrators.

The college offers a wide-range of transfer programs to four-year universities, career & technical education, foundation skills courses, training opportunities, and numerous enrichment and general education programs for both new and continuing students.

Prior to her appointment as President, Dr. Webb served as the Acting President of Laney between January and July 2010. Before that, she served as the Vice President of Instruction from 2005 – 2009, and before that, Dean of Humanities, Language Arts & Social Sciences from 2002 – 2005.

Through-out her 30+ year career as an educator, Dr. Webb has served in a range of instructional, student services, research, and administrative roles within all systems of higher education in California.  Those institutions included the Peralta Community College District, University of California at Berkeley and at Riverside, California State University at Sonoma, Stanford University, and Contra Costa Community College District.

Dr. Webb was a member of the Community College Leadership program at U.C. Berkeley and completed her Ph.D. in Education with emphasis in Higher Education Administration/Policy.  She also completed all coursework in the Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Ph.D. program of the Haas School of Business.  She received a Master degree in Educational Administration from the San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies with emphasis in Psychology & Education from U.C. Riverside.

In addition to her duties as a College President of one of the largest Community Colleges in the nation, Dr. Webb serves in several other leadership capacities through-out the state. Those roles include serving as a member of the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Commission on Global Education and also the Community College League of California’s Advisory Committee on Legislation; and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the National Council on Black American Affairs and the American Indian Child Resource Center.

According to Dr. Webb, high quality education is the most efficient means to assure transformation of lives, families, communities, and the society in sustainable and healthy ways.  She maintains the highest priority for equity in accessing academic excellence, especially for persons who have historically been locked out of sound educational resources.