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Dr. Anthony Campbell

President of the Virginia College Personnel Association, Vice President of the Virginia College Placement Association & Co-chair of the annual conference for the Southern College Placement Association

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Dr. Anthony (Tony) Campbell has over 43 years of experience at colleges and universities. For 26 of those years, he served as the Senior Student Affairs officer at Emory & Henry College, Rider University and Saint Xavier University. Additionally, Tony served as the Director of Counseling and Career Planning Center at Hampden Sydney College and the Assistant Director of Counseling and Career Planning at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Tony has been active both professionally and in the community. He was elected President of the Virginia College Personnel Association, Vice President of the Virginia College Placement Association and was selected to co-chair the annual conference of the Southern College Placement Association.

Tony’s commitment to social justice and community service was recognized by his appointment as a Commissioner on New Jersey Commission for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps) by four different New Jersey Governors from 2000 -2017 and his service as the chair the Chair of the Commission from 2007-2017. Additionally, Tony served as the Chair of the Trenton Public Education Foundation, Treasurer for the Mill Hill Child and Family Development Center in Trenton, New Jersey, Treasurer of the Board for the Mercer County (New Jersey) Addictions Council, and the Chair of the Commission for Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia. Active with youth, Tony has mentored many young adults as they progressed from high school through college.

Tony received his Ph.D. In Counselor Education from the University of Virginia; M.Ed. in Counseling and Student Personnel from the University of Georgia; and his B.S. Psychology and Sociology from James Madison University.  He is married to his wife Melissa and they have 3 children and four grandchildren.