Dr. Jackson N. Sasser became president of Santa Fe College in January 2002. Since then he has been a leader in outreach education, international programs, expansion of support to disadvantaged areas, and the enhancement of the region’s arts and cultural communities.
Before arriving at Santa Fe, Dr. Sasser was president of Lee College in Baytown, Texas and interim president at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama. He holds leadership positions with the Florida Community College Council of Presidents including chair in 2007-2008, the board of the League for Innovation in the Community College and American Association Community Colleges Presidents Academy. He sits on the board of the Institute for Community College Development at Cornell University and has participated in the Oxford, England, Round Table on higher education.

Dr. Sasser chaired the 2004 United Way of North Central Florida campaign, was chair of the board of the American Heart Association of Gainesville’s 2005 Heart Walk, and with wife Layne Sasser is honorary chair of the 2007 March of Dimes’ Gainesville WalkAmerica. He is a member of the Gainesville Rotary Club and Alliance for Economic Development.