{"id":15004,"date":"2026-06-24T23:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegetrack.wpenginepowered.com\/staff\/shirley-m-collado-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:04:03","slug":"shirley-m-collado","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/collegetrack.org\/es\/staff\/shirley-m-collado\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley M. Collado, Ph.D."},"template":"","role":[164],"staff_tax":[166],"class_list":["post-15004","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","role-senior-leadership","staff_tax-shirley-m-collado"],"acf":{"details":{"first_name":"Shirley","last_name":"M. 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Collado, Ph.D.,<\/a> is President &amp; Chief Executive Officer of College Track, a national college success program that equips first-generation students from under-resourced communities to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree and pursue meaningful careers..\r\n\r\nThroughout her career,<a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Collado<\/a>\u00a0has leveraged her leadership to advocate for equity in all forms, pushing toward real change by activating an awareness of\u2014and working toward the deconstruction of\u2014existing structures that prevent full participation, whether on campuses or in communities at large.\r\n\r\nPrior to her leadership at College Track, Dr. Collado served as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithaca.edu\/office-president\/former-presidents\/shirley-m-collado\">ninth president of Ithaca College<\/a>\u00a0and, at the conclusion of her tenure, was named President Emerita of the institution. She was the first person of color to be named president at Ithaca College, and the first Dominican-American in the U.S. to serve as president of a four-year institution.\r\n\r\nShe is known nationally for designing and implementing innovative approaches in higher education that expand student access and success, and has extensive experience overseeing complex not-for-profit organizations in both the private and public sectors of higher education.\r\n\r\nA skillful and dynamic leader, Dr. Collado has previously served as executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University-Newark; dean of the college and vice president for student affairs at Middlebury; and as the executive vice president of The Posse Foundation, where she scaled its operations nationally.\r\n\r\nDr. Collado is the Brooklyn-born daughter of Dominican immigrants, and a first-generation college graduate. She is a member of Posse\u2019s inaugural class of students, the first Posse scholar to receive a doctoral degree, and the first to become a trustee of a higher education institution through her decade of service on the Board of Trust at Vanderbilt University, her alma mater. She was named Trustee Emerita upon the conclusion of her tenure with this board.\r\n\r\nAmong her commitments to serving her communities, Dr. Collado is a board member of<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edexcelencia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.edexcelencia.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0Excelencia in Education<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intermediaryed.org\/shirley-m-collado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IntermediaryEd (formerly ACT)<\/a>, <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">National Association for College Admission Counseling<\/a>,<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starrez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.starrez.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0StarRez,<\/a>\u00a0and is a founding member of<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidentsalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.presidentsalliance.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0Presidents\u2019 Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration<\/a>. Dr. Collado serves as a<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/about-us\/fellows\/shirley-m-collado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/about-us\/fellows\/shirley-m-collado\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0Senior Fellow<\/a>\u00a0at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and co-chaired the<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/our-work\/postsecondary-innovation\/carnegie-postsecondary-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/our-work\/postsecondary-innovation\/carnegie-postsecondary-commission\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0Carnegie Commission on Post-secondary Education<\/a>. She is a member of the<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amacad.org\/project\/opportunities-after-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.amacad.org\/project\/opportunities-after-high-school\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0American Academy of Arts &amp; Sciences\u2019 Commission on Opportunities After High School<\/a>, an advisor for<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theflightschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.theflightschool.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0The Flight Schoo<\/a>l, and serves as honorary chairwoman of the<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mariposadrfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/mariposadrfoundation.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0The Mariposa DR Foundation<\/a>.\r\n\r\nShe earned her bachelor\u2019s degree at Vanderbilt and her master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at Duke University. Dr. Collado resides in Oakland with her husband, A. Van Jordan, an award-winning poet, and their dog, Melba.\r\n\r\nFollow Dr. Collado on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shirley-m-collado-ph-d-420a38196\/\">LinkedIn\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shirley.m.collado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emersoncollective.com\/persons\/shirley-m-collado-phd-dd22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Shirley\u2019s presentation at Emerson Collective\u2019s 2022 Demo Day\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_video","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_video":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yQkxgB9xaRc?si=xptGC_97SD89D4Br","image":"","caption":"<p dir=\"auto\">President &amp; CEO of College Track Shirley M, Collado, Ph.D. delivers an inspiring keynote on educational justice, belonging, and what it means to build systems that are ready for all students.<\/p>","":null,"helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_staff_featured_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_staff_featured_articles":{"manually_curate":true,"posts":[15424,13648,15438,14004]}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shirley M. 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