Anne M. Kress is president of Northern Virginia Community College, which serves over 70,000 students and has a mission of providing access to affordable and exceptional higher education and workforce programs. A board member of the American Council on Education, she has testified before Congress on community colleges and served as a negotiator on federal higher education regulations. Kress has been named to the Virginia Business 500 and Washington Business Journal Power 100. She earned bachelor’s degrees in Finance and English; a master’s in English; and a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Florida.