Honorary Degree Recipients

School of Education

Dr. Paul Broadie II began serving as Santa Fe College’s fifth president on February 1, 2020. In his inaugural address he pledged the following pillars would guide his leadership and path forward: student success, individual and institutional growth, innovation, partnerships, and evolution.

His priorities soon included expanding workforce development, shattering equity gaps, enhancing opportunities for professional development, and continuing to grow strong academic programs. During his first few months he engaged key leaders on and off campus in discussions of potential partnerships, took steps to bridge the digital divide by providing students in rural areas greater access to technology, and challenged college leaders to change the mentality, where it exists, that college is not for everyone. Santa Fe offers a variety of options for all individuals to experience the value of a Santa Fe educational experience. Among the vast array of offerings are continuing education, workforce development, associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, certificates, and reskilling and upskilling opportunities.  Shortly after Broadie began serving as President the college started offering students scholarships to receive short-term credentialing and train for high-demand, middle-wage jobs as welders, auto mechanics, phlebotomists, emergency medical technicians, certified nursing assistants and office specialists. Broadie is passionate about being a part of the fabric of the community and ensuring that everyone has access to, and awareness, of the quality education offered by the college. During his first year in office construction began on the new three-story Blount Hall, the centerpiece of the expansion of the downtown Blount Center into a full-fledged college campus, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking this momentous occasion was held in April 2022.

Broadie presided over the largest single donation in Santa Fe’s history when Ms. MacKenzie Scott donated $40 million to the college. Broadie directed that it be utilized to advance the college’s strategic priorities and mission of adding value to the lives of students and enriching the community. In particular, avenues were explored to close equity gaps, promote a college-going population, increase workforce education, and further address barriers that impede college attendance.

To enhance student opportunities, he has launched innovative initiatives, including the ACB Excel Program, SF Achieve Program, a charter school, and a Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. The ACB Excel Program, whose letters stand for Achieve, Conquer and Believe, is a two-generation approach to breaking cycles of poverty by fostering sustainable employment for the parent and academic success and career exposure for their child. Our new SF Achieve Program advances a college-going culture. All public school students in Alachua and Bradford counties will be eligible for scholarships at Santa Fe, which begins preparing them as early as eighth grade with a pre-college prep curriculum and provides guidance from Santa Fe specialists who are embedded in local high schools. A STEM-focused charter school under development at Santa Fe incorporates the highly successful global P-TECH model and will enable students to complete their high school diploma, A.S. degree, and a minimum of two industry credentials at no cost to them or their families. Continuous learning and innovation at our institution will be further strengthened with the addition of our Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, which will be a hub for innovative teaching practices and positioned to disseminate campus-wide strategies to enhance the student classroom experience.     

For nearly three decades, Broadie has expanded academic programs, student services, innovative technology, community partnerships and campus facilities, always with a focus on the student. He is tireless in his commitment, as illustrated by his previously leading two community colleges at the same time – Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. Broadie is now advancing his compelling record here in Florida at Santa Fe, confronting challenges and seeing where opportunities lie, while keeping students at the center of everything.

At the national level, under Broadie’s leadership, a visiting team from the League for Innovation in the Community College, of which Santa Fe is a charter member, voted to reaffirm Santa Fe as a League for Innovation Board College. The team praised the college’s programs and services and its innovative approaches and forward-thinking commitment to the delivery of education.

Internationally, Broadie continued the college’s tradition of ensuring that all students are afforded a global education. He welcomed the college’s sixth Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, who taught two courses and provided guest lectures at the college and in the community during the 2021-22 academic year. In addition, as part of a U.S. Department of State program that engages in citizen-to-citizen diplomacy, for which Santa Fe is the lead community college partner, the college hosted a visiting delegation of higher education administrators from Egypt in February 2022. Under Broadie’s leadership, Santa Fe received the 2021 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization from NAFSA: Association of International Educators, which recognizes overall excellence in internationalization efforts.

In the community, he addresses academic and workforce needs in the community by serving on the boards of CareerSource North Central Florida and the Greater Gainesville Chamber. In 2019, a regional workforce organization in Connecticut honored him with its President’s Award for “leadership and dedication to improving lives and the quality of education in Connecticut.” As he pursues workforce development programs that offer specialized training and good career opportunities, he is also unwavering in his commitment to the liberal arts and educating the whole student.  

Broadie was named among Connecticut’s 100 most influential by the NAACP and among the region’s 50 most influential by New Haven Biz magazine. He holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State University, an M.B.A. from Long Island University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Mercy University. 

School of Health and Natural Sciences

Susan Fox, President & CEO of White Plains Hospital, is recognized as one of Westchester County’s most influential executives. A visionary leader, Fox has been at the forefront of the healthcare industry transformation regionally, over the last decade.  By forging strategic partnerships and aligning and recruiting top clinical and administrative talent, Fox has driven the expansion of White Plains Hospital into a leading provider of advanced healthcare in the Hudson Valley. 

Fox first joined the WPH team in 2010 as Senior Vice President of Administration bringing with her more than 25 years of experience in health management administration. In 2011 she was named Executive Vice President and then President in January, 2013. Fox assumed the position of CEO of White Plains Hospital on May 1, 2015.

Prior to White Plains Hospital, Fox was a Senior Vice President at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System developing and overseeing Physician and Ambulatory Network Services. Prior to NSLIJHS, Fox was a Senior Manager of Health Care Consulting at Ernst and Young, where she specialized in strategy and hospital reengineering.  

Fox began her career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at New York Hospital in Manhattan and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Columbia University. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Baruch College, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 

Fox serves as the Chairperson of the Westchester County Association, serves on the Columbia University School of Nursing Board of Visitors, and the Board of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). She is a former Chair of the American Hospital Association (AHA) – Regional Policy Board 2 and past member of AHA’s Board of Trustees members. Fox has been named to the City & State Westchester Power 100 multiple times, has been awarded the 914 Inc. Women in Business Award, was recognized as a Power Player by Westchester Magazine and recently was named one of 7 most interesting people of the year in Westchester by Westfair. She is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.