Tammeil Y. Gilkerson

Tammeil Y. Gilkerson is the President of Evergreen Valley College.

Dr. Gilkerson most recently, she was the president of Laney College in Oakland, CA. Prior, she served as vice president of academic and student affairs at Contra Costa College and the first diversity, inclusion and innovation officer for the Contra Costa Community College District. Dr. Gilkerson also served as the vice president of academic affairs at San José City College and dean of counseling and matriculation at Evergreen Valley College. She began her community college career as a faculty member in psychology-counseling at Chabot College, serving as the coordinator for the TRIO Student Support Services program. In addition to her work in community colleges, Dr. Gilkerson also served as the Academy and Education Policy Director at The Greenlining Institute and in positions at UC Berkeley in the Office of Student Life and the Early Academic Outreach Program.

Dr. Gilkerson is a leader in a number of statewide efforts to find solutions that address students’ basic needs, support undocumented and mixed-status students, and improve the quality and delivery of distance education. Through her participation on the Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce, the Dreamer’s Advisory Group, and the Distance Education & Educational Technology Advisory Committee she has developed high-level policy recommendations and practical strategies for front-line practitioners.

One of seven children, Dr. Gilkerson grew up in Hayward, CA. The first in her family to graduate from college, she holds a bachelor's degree in history, a master's degree in counseling with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy and pupil personnel services, and a doctorate in organizational leadership with an emphasis in higher education. Dr. Gilkerson lives with her family in Oakland, CA.