Alan Threadgill
InstitutionWest Georgia Technical College
Email[email protected]Current titleAssociate Dean, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Trades
Academic credentialsDoctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Marketing, candidate, West Virginia University (estimated 2024–2027)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (2008)
Professional credentialsAssociate Dean overseeing academic programming and strategic initiatives; former Program Director for Electrical Systems Technology; experience in workforce development, technical education, employer partnerships, grant-funded initiatives, and marketing strategy; CITI Program Certification for Social and Behavioral Research Investigators (valid through 2030); leadership of the Metallica Scholars Initiative at WGTC.
Speaker bioAlan Threadgill serves as Associate Dean of Manufacturing, Transportation, and Trades at West Georgia Technical College, where he leads academic programming and strategic initiatives for one of the college’s core workforce divisions. Since joining WGTC in 2021, he has advanced employer-connected pathways, supported grant-funded student success efforts, and strengthened career readiness in technical education settings. His background spans workforce development, technical education, marketing strategy, and partnership building, giving him a practical and systems-level perspective on scalable approaches to student preparedness. He will be joined by a career services leader from Southern Methodist University who helped launch and scale SMU’s career closet initiative in 2024, bringing institutional implementation experience and measurable outcomes to the session.
