Dr. Holly Craider is the Associate Vice President of Curriculum, Assessment, and Accreditation Activities, and an adjunct faculty member in the Business Administration department at Cuyahoga Community College. With 20 years of experience as a higher education professional, she has worked in the areas of admissions, financial aid, student success, recruitment, eLearning & Innovation, academic affairs, and curriculum development. At Cuyahoga Community College, she has spent the last 15 years serving in the roles of Student Success Specialist, Recruitment Specialist, Interim Manager of Next Generation Learning, Director of the College Information Center, Interim Assistant Dean of eLearning, Dean of Student Affairs, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs, and her current position. Craider also serves as a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission.

Craider has been a regular presenter for professional organizations including the ACE Women’s Network of Ohio, the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience, American College Personnel Association, and the National Career Development Association. Her areas of research include appreciative inquiry in regard to first-generation community college students and the utilization of communication as a means to motivate and uplift students and higher education professionals.

Dr. Craider is a Ralph M. Besse Teaching Excellence award winner and is a graduate of the John Rouche and HERS Wellesley leadership institutes, and of the Greater Cleveland Partnership leadership program. She has a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University and a juris doctorate degree from Akron Law.