Carla Stein

Carla Stein has over 40 years of experience in a variety of higher education institutions including 22 years in community colleges. Before her retirement in 2022, Carla served as Dean of Student Affairs at Front Range Community College (Boulder County Campus), the largest community college in the State of Colorado. Prior to her work at Front Range Community College, she served as the Dean of Students at Western Nebraska Community College.  She also worked in student affairs at Oklahoma State University, Colorado School of Mines and  University of Denver.

Carla has extensive experience in student conduct, behavioral intervention and threat assessment teams, and crisis management.  She played pivotal roles in crises response, including the 2013 floods that impacted her institution and other campuses in northern Colorado. Carla was awarded the Amigx/a/o Mena Valdez Award from the NASPA Latinx/a/o Knowledge Community, the Distinguished Service Award from NASPA IV-West and named a NASPA Pillar of the Profession for sustained professional distinction in higher education.