Dr. Michael Webster is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Workforce Instruction at Houston Community College where he has served for over five years. He has 15 years of experience in workforce development having served as Director of Workforce Development at the Greater Houston Partnership, Assistant Superintendent for Career Readiness at Houston ISD, and as an Industry Liaison at the Gulf Coast Workforce Board.

He is a Senior Fellow from Education Class Four of the American Leadership Forum and alum of the Center for Houston’s Future Leadership Academy. Dr. Webster currently sits on the Gulf Coast Workforce Board, the Greater Houston Partnership’s UpSkill Houston Executive Committee and serves as a member of East Harris County Manufacturing Association’s Workforce Development committee. Most recently, he was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to the Industry-Based Certification Advisory Board.

Dr. Webster started his career as a high school English and Journalism teacher in Houston ISD and continues to pursue a passion for literature. He received his PhD in English and American Literature at the University of Houston with a specialization in eighteenth-century British fiction.