Institutional Effectiveness & Research

Carrie has more than 25 years of experience in higher education as an instructor, dean, director and senior administrator. She joined Wake Tech in August 2005 as a geology instructor in the Department of Natural Sciences. Since being appointed faculty chair of Wake Tech's first Quality Enhancement Plan in 2006, she has accepted increasing responsibility for leading faculty and staff in finding and implementing solutions to complex challenges related to student and organization success. Carrie is passionate about making data- and evidence-informed decisions to help students and the community attain social and economic prosperity.

In her current role, Carrie oversees a division that guides strategic planning, college-wide assessment, accreditation, policy development, innovation and improvement projects, as well as the research and evaluation for those projects.

Before entering higher education, Carrie gained experience as a geologist in industry. She served as an exploration geologist with Shell Oil in Houston and as an environmental geologist with Radian Corp. in Herndon, Va., and at Tuscaloosa Testing Laboratories in Tuscaloosa, Ala.