Yves SalomonFernandez

Dr. Yves Salomon-Fernández is a nationally-recognized, entrepreneurial, and future-focused thought leader and former community college president who led institutions in suburban and rural settings in Massachusetts and New Jersey. She currently serves as Senior Vice President for Operations Planning at Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Salomon-Fernández’s career includes a balance of administration, research, and teaching. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of Wiley’s New Directions for Community Colleges journal. Yves has also taught at the Master’s and doctoral levels at various colleges and universities. Internationally, she has served as an election observer with the United Nations in Mexico and as a consultant for the Bermuda Ministry of Education.

Yves Salomon-Fernández received her undergraduate degree from the University of

Massachusetts Boston and holds a certificate from the University of Oxford. Her

Master’s degree is from the London School of Economics and her Ph.D. from Boston

College. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. In addition to Haitian Creole, Dr. Salomon-Fernández is fluent in French and Spanish.