Judy Savolskis joined CCAC in 1981 as a full-time faculty member at Allegheny campus.

She later served as dean of occupational technologies at the Boyce campus, where in addition to her campus responsibilities, she served as system-wide coordinating dean for computer science and collaborated with the nursing faculty to develop and implement an evening/weekend option for the CCAC nursing program at Boyce.

She was appointed dean of workforce development for the college in 2005, a role in which she serves as the liaison between the credit and non-credit/workforce divisions. Her work has also included efforts with regional unions, efforts to train workers for the planned local casino and work to expand education in rural counties.

During her career at CCAC, she is and has been responsible for a number of state and local grants, including a PA state challenge grant, Hillman foundation grant, and a northwestern Pennsylvania Technical Expansion Grant. These grants have enabled the college to expand its academic outreach to other counties and improve its distance learning course offerings. She has presented at a number of national conferences and in 2005 she was recognized as an exemplary organizational leader by the Chair Academy at their annual International conference. She serves as the lead person for the college’s response and reporting for the state’s new funding formula for community colleges titled Act 46, also commonly referred to as high priority/high cost programming.

Ms. Savolskis holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Duquesne University, a Master of Science from Carlow University and has undertaken post-graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh.

She is a member of Southwestern PA Community College Consortium, Regional Workforce Collaborative, Community College Workforce Development Committee, TRWIB Labor Management Committee and PA Prior Learning Assessment Committee.