Miles College Names Permanent President

FAIRFIELD, AL — The Board of Trustees at Miles College announced last week that it has named Dr. Bobbie Knight as its permanent president. Knight has served as interim president since August 2019.

Knight is first female president to assume the position in the college's 122-year history.

"We were blessed when Dr. Knight agreed to step in as Interim on short notice. Her strategic leadership since August 2019 has excelled our expectations," said Bishop Teresa Jefferson – Snorton, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Miles College. "She has engaged with the students and began several initiatives to enhance their learning experience. She has also secured the College’s largest single donor gift in history."

Since assuming the leadership of Miles College, Knight has worked to move the campus forward through faculty development, increased student support, and fundraising. She has created a new scholarship structure, encouraged the development of innovative academic programs, and increased the number of student internships to meet industry demand for future talent. Knight has assertively pursued federal grant opportunities for the campus, launched an innovative student recruitment campaign, and inspired the largest single donation gift in the College’s history of $1 million.

A Birmingham native, Knight is the current Vice-Chair of the Board of the Birmingham Airport Authority and Chair of the Board of Managers of the Birmingham Times Media Group. She served as co-chair of the transition team of Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and was most recently elected to the board of Bronze Valley.

Knight is a graduate of the University of Alabama and the Birmingham School of Law. She is also a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management Executive Leadership Program.