Lyvier Conss
Community Panel Faciliator

Lyvier Conss, facilitator of the Community as Colleagues panel, has over twenty-two years of experience in non-profit administration, grants management, and fund development. She is the founding executive director of the Community College National Center for Community Engagement which was established in 1990.

Through her leadership, the Center has disbursed over three million dollars to community, tribal, 2-year, and technical colleges to support the pedagogy of service-learning and civic engagement. The focuses of the projects have been on increasing academic achievement, critical and reflective thinking, civic responsibility, community involvement, and faculty development.

In 2005, Conss received the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award for her volunteer work within her community and as an English/Spanish translator with medical humanitarian groups providing free surgical and medical assistance in Mexico, Central and South America. She has also worked as an English/Spanish translator with the Empowerment Project to bring solar energy to remote villages in Peru. Conss also serves as a Director-at-Large for the National Wildlife Foundation.