Dr. Sam Hill, NOVA’s Woodbridge provost, is grand marshal for Lake Ridge Santa Parade

Dr. Sam Hill, the provost for the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, a position he has held since 2005, has been selected as Grand Marshal for the Lake Ridge Santa Parade on Dec. 12. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Harbor Drive near Tackett’s Mill shopping center in Lake Ridge.

Prior to joining the Woodbridge Campus of NOVA, Dr. Hill served at community colleges in Texas and Illinois.

Dr. Hill has a history of community involvement. He served as a commissioner on the PWC Future 2030 Commission and was a member of the Board of Directors for Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (formerly Potomac Hospital).

He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Prince William Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Manassas/PW Center for the Arts.

He is also a member of the Lake Ridge Rotary Club, a 2007 graduate of the Citizens Academy of the FBI Academy at Quantico, and a graduate of the 2006 PWC Community Leadership Institute.     

Dr. Hill’s educational background includes a doctorate in higher education administration from Texas Tech University (Lubbock), a master’s degree in counseling the deaf and hearing impaired from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He attended elementary and high school in Monrovia, Liberia (West Africa).

Dr. Hill is married to Lillian who is also a graduate of Gallaudet University and Spellman College (Atlanta, Ga). Lillian is a preschool teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools. They have one daughter, Lisa, who works as a massage therapist in Kankakee, IL.