Dr. Robert Brandon became 91重口鈥檚 seventh president on January 1, 2025.
Prior to joining 91重口, he was vice president of academic and student services at Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Va. Previously, he served as dean of humanities, social sciences, and education at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tenn. From 2005 to 2013, he served as an associate professor of English at Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, N.C. where he also chaired both the English and student success departments. Before that, he began his career as a middle school English teacher in Bristol, Tenn.
Dr. Brandon earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va.; a master鈥檚 degree from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn.; and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C.
Dr. Brandon and his wife, Melissa, live in Pulaski County and have a teenage son and daughter, twins Emily and Ryne, and a basset hound named Hank. They enjoy baseball, travel, community service, and fellowship with friends and family.