About Dr. Elmore
Wendy J. Elmore, Ed.D., currently serves as the President of Lamar State College Orange
(LSCO). Before being named President on June 1, 2025, Elmore served as the Provost
and Executive Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs for the College. Prior
to arriving at LSCO in April 2020, Elmore served Trinity Valley Community College
for fourteen years in a host of positions that include Director of Testing; Director
of Distance Learning; Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs; Vice President
of Instruction/Chief Academic Officer; and Adjunct Developmental Math and Psychology
Faculty Member. Wendy earned a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from
Lamar University in Beaumont, TX; a Master of Arts in Psychology and Counseling from
The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, TX; and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Dr. Elmore is a product
of two-year colleges as she completed many undergraduate academic transfer hours at
Trinity Valley Community College in Palestine, TX.
Since Dr. Elmore arrived at LSCO, the College has seen an overall increase in student
enrollment, even amidst the worldwide pandemic that left many two-year colleges with
declining or stagnant enrollments. According to data published by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, Lamar State College Orange experienced one of the most
significant growth increases in two-year colleges throughout the State of Texas with
a 51.6% increase during the fall 2024 semester when compared with fall 2020. Also
under Elmore’s leadership, numerous credit and non-credit programs leading to high-wage,
high-demand careers have been added and more than to $4.7 million dollars in grant
funding and private donations have been awarded to the College.
Dr. Elmore was appointed by the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Dade
Phelan, to serve on the nine-member statewide Industry-Based Certification Advisory
Council. She also serves as a Board member for Southeast Texas Workforce Development
Council, an Orange County Community Advisory Board Member, an Executive Board member
of American Technical Educators Association (ATEA), an Executive Board member of the
Greater Orange County Chamber of Commerce, and a Board member of the Orange County
Economic Development Counsil . While at Trinity Valley Community College, Dr. Elmore
was named the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Upper East Texas Region Chairperson
as well as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Institutional Liaison.
Wendy is married to Brad, a retired Trinity Valley Community College Sociology instructor
of 44 years. She has two grown children, Katie and James, as well as four grandsons
who live in Palestine, TX.