P PROFILES A NEW ERA LONNIE ROBERTS, NEW PRESIDENT OF CPTC, FEELS A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP Photos courtesy of CPTC A Q & A with the new president of Coastal Pines Technical College
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onnie Roberts may be new to his role as President of Coastal Pines Technical College, but he is certainly not new to the institution itself or the area it serves. Roberts began his career with Altamaha Technical College (ATC) in 2001 as Director of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) and Library Services. He was promoted to VP Institutional Effectiveness and was Acting President of ATC from 2013-2014. Before becoming president, he was Provost at CPTC from 2014-2021. Before his work in secondary education, he worked in local government from 1981 – 2001 as county clerk and then county administrator for Jeff Davis County, Georgia. After twenty years in local government, he wanted a change. He found it in his first job with the technical college when he became director of IE. And, he hasn’t looked back. Now, he’s at the helm of the region’s technical college, which he had a hand in creating through a merger with two existing technical colleges. He sat down recently with Okefenokee Living Magazine to talk about his motivation and goals, and the challenges facing CPTC in the foreseeable future.
Lonnie Roberts, President, Coastal Pines Technical College SHOWCASING THE REGION’S PERSONALITY
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