SLCC President Bioteau Receives Titan Award

Salt Lake Community College President Cynthia A. Bioteau has been named a winner of the 2012 Titan Award by the Sandy Chamber of Commerce.

The Titan Awards is held annually to honor individuals and businesses that have risen to the call to serve and strengthen the community. Along with Bioteau, this year’s honorees are LaVell Edwards, former Brigham Young University head football coach, and Sandy City Mayor Tom Dolan.

The Greater Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Titan Awards were created to honor individuals and businesses recognized in the community as leaders, innovators, and philanthropists who have made their lasting mark on the state through their efforts to improve the community. They have provided economic growth and jobs while also investing in the community through donations to education, the arts, and other community projects and services.

Dr. Cynthia Bioteau is the 7th President and first woman CEO of Salt Lake Community College. She has positioned the College as the core of economic and workforce development.

Dedicated to community service and collaboration, she currently serves on the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors, EDCUtah Executive Committee, and the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Trustees. Nationally, she serves on the Manufacturing Institute of the National Association of Manufacturing, the Board of Directors for Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and is the previous National President of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges. She is a member of RC2020 (Renewal and Change 2020), a selected leadership consortium of metropolitan community colleges across the country and a presidential advisor for the Community College Research Center at Columbia Teacher’s College.

In addition to the 2012 Titan award, she received the YWCA’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Education, the Salt Lake Chamber’s Athena Award, and was recently named by the Utah Business Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Utah. Her academic credentials were earned at the University of New Hampshire, Assumption College, and Lesley University.

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