Barbara W. Woodlee

Barbara W. Woodlee (born 1946) is an American college administrator. She was president of Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Maine, from 1984 to 2012, and since 2013 has served as chief academic officer of the Maine Community College System. She was the first woman president in both the state technical college and community college systems. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.

Early life and education Barbara Warren was born in Fort Worth, Texas. In the 1950s she grew up in Southern California, where her father had an executive position with General Dynamics. After high school, she studied at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York, receiving an associate degree in 1966.

Woodlee oversaw the growth of the college both in course offerings and student body, which reached 3,300 in less than 30 years. She also built relationships with other colleges to facilitate student transfers between two- and four-year institutions. Over the next two years, she oversaw several large projects, including a computer software conversion, building and renovation plans, and the acquisition of a campus in Hinckley. and immediately began working as chief academic officer for the Maine Community College System. In the late 1970s she was a four-year member of the Governor's Advisory Committee for Displaced Homemakers. a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Maine at Farmington in 2010, and an Achievement Citation Award from the American Association of University Women in 2011. The Alfond Youth Center in Waterville named her to their Hall of Fame in 2012. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.

Personal life Her first husband was David Lanman, with whom she had two children, Amy and Amanda. In 1980, she married Jimmie Woodlee, a physician assistant at Redington-Fairview Hospital. He later worked at the Colby College Health Center. They had two children, William and Rachel, and maintain homes in Virginia Beach, Virginia.