Nate Mackinnon

Nate Mackinnon was named Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges in April of 2021. In his role, Nate works on behalf of the fifteen community college presidents and their local Boards of Trustees to strengthen community colleges for the benefit of students, communities, and the Commonwealth. The community colleges in Massachusetts currently serve more than 136,000 students, representing nearly half of the total students in the state’s public higher education system.

Prior to joining MACC as Executive Director, Nate served as the Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges at the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), and while in Nevada he worked as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Truckee Meadows Community College. Prior to his work in Nevada, he was the Assistant Commissioner and Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) for eight years.

Nate is past chair of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, and the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. He is also the Board President of Raising the Village USA, a non-profit organization that provides last-mile development across rural villages in Uganda.