Greenville Technical College (GTC) has announced two additional deans to the GTC team.
Natasha Cummings has been selected as dean of workforce partnerships and student success. Cummings will serve as the senior administrative leader responsible for advancing workforce partnerships, student career success and external engagement strategies for the college.Â
She served as director of experiential learning at GTC prior to her new role, leading the college’s efforts to connect students with meaningful, career-aligned opportunities through apprenticeships, co-ops and technical scholar programs while serving as a key liaison between business and industry, academic divisions and student services.
Prior to her work in higher education, she served as regional public relations officer for South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Disability Determination Services, building and managing strategic relationships with healthcare providers, leading training and recruiting initiatives and delivering presentations to senior-level stakeholders across the region.
Cummings earned a master’s degree in business administration along with bachelor’s degrees in both sociology and history from Winthrop University. She is also a graduate of the South Carolina Technical College System Leadership Academy.
Raymond James has been appointed dean of the School of Advanced Manufacturing and Transportation Technology at Greenville Technical College (GTC). He brings a strong combination of academic leadership and industry experience to this role, where he will oversee ten high-demand workforce programs aligned with state and regional economic priorities.Â
James spent 22 years working at Advanced Labelworx, Associated Fuel Pump Systems, HKA Enterprises, and Magna Mirrors before he started teaching part-time, which led him to become an assistant professor, a department head, an assistant dean and an interim dean. As he moves into the dean’s office, he continues to teach as an assistant professor of Mechatronics.
He has served as keynote speaker for the SouthTec conference and was invited to be part of the inaugural cohort of the Postsecondary State Career Technical Education Leaders Fellowship.
A U.S. Army veteran, James earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, a master’s degree in college administration and leadership and is currently pursuing an Ed.D in higher education administration.
