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Dr. Kim Cliett Long currently serves as president and C.E.O. of Organizational Concepts/Adult Learners Now, a boutique firm serving colleges, universities, industry and entrepreneurs in the development of high quality distance learning and faculty development programs as well as consultation on instructional design and adult degree programs.

Dr. Long has previously held positions in higher education institutions as Director of Distance Learning and Instructional Design; Curriculum and Instruction; Project Management and Associate Provost for Administration and Extended Education and Professor of Organizational Management.

Dr. Long has provided campus-wide innovative academic leadership to enhance the undergraduate experience by spearheading the most innovative projects in online learning and technology in the classroom, uninhibited by pre-existing culture and structures and by encouraging interdisciplinary initiatives in curriculum and pedagogy. Further, Dr. Long directed the Center for Excellence in Distance Learning. The CEDL was founded to serve as a collaborative effort to ensure that HBCUs had access to ways to introduce teaching and learning using technology. The CEDL has been instrumental in mentoring other HBCUs in the process of starting high quality online programs that are affordable to the institution and beneficial for students everywhere. Dr. Longā€™s research interests include servant leadership and distance education access for diverse and underserved learners. She continues to interact with contemporary learners by serving as an online professor at Hampton University and University of Maryland University College.

Dr. Long earned an Ed.D. degree from Northcentral University in Organizational Leadership. She is a Distance Learning Specialist certified in Distance Education by the University of West Georgia. She has earned the following certifications: Certified Program Planner in the area of Learning Program Management, Certified Faculty Developer and Certified Adult Educator. As a lifelong learner, she has earned credits toward a Ph.D. in General Psychology with an emphasis in Integrating Learning, Psychology and Technology from Grand Canyon University. Her M.S. degree from Mountain State University was earned in Interdisciplinary Studies with emphasis on Early Childhood Public Policy and Advocacy.