# Scott Ralls

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**Dr. R. Scott Ralls** is the fourth president of [Wake Technical Community College](/source/Wake_Technical_Community_College).[1] He was selected on December 6, 2007, as president of the [North Carolina Community College System](/source/North_Carolina_Community_College_System), serving from 2008 to 2015. In 2015, Dr. Ralls became president of [Northern Virginia Community College](/source/Northern_Virginia_Community_College).

Ralls was born in [Charlotte, North Carolina](/source/Charlotte,_North_Carolina), the son of a [Methodist](/source/Methodist) minister. He obtained a B.S. in Industrial Relations and Psychology from the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a Master of Arts, Industrial /Organizational Psychology, both from the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park).

Ralls served as president of [Craven Community College](/source/Craven_Community_College) from 2002 through 2008. Prior to becoming the president of [Craven Community College](/source/Craven_Community_College), he was the vice president for Economic and Workforce Development at the NC Community College System Office, director of Economic Development at the System Office, and a director at the [North Carolina Department of Commerce](/source/North_Carolina_Department_of_Commerce).

## References

1. [Dr. Scott Ralls Selected as Next Wake Tech President | waketech.edu](https://www.waketech.edu/presidential-search)

- [Wake Technical Community College website](https://www.waketech.edu/about-wake-tech/college-leadership/office-president)
- [Northern Virginia CC website](http://www.nvcc.edu/president/index.html)
- [NCCCS website](http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/about-us/north-carolina-community-college-president)
- [NCCCS News Release](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122044909/http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/News_Releases/scott_ralls_new_system_president.htm)
- [WRAL: A Brief Look at Community College President-elect Scott Ralls](https://web.archive.org/web/20071208050046/http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2137129/)

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