RACC Hires Lampe Melcher as VP of Workforce Development and Continuing Education

Terri Lampe Melcher

Reading Area Community College (RACC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Ms. Terri Lampe Melcher as the vice president of workforce development and continuing education. In this position, Ms. Melcher will lead workforce development efforts at RACC, including customized training in business and industry; healthcare, nonprofit and government sectors; workforce development programs, professional/career training programs; and small business/entrepreneurial development programs. She will work with the president and senior leadership team to determine a vision of growth to train the workforce of Berks County and beyond.

Prior to joining RACC, Terri was the regional director for manufacturing solutions for Manufacturers Resource Center, vice president of development for the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge; director of development/executive director for the Foundation for Pottstown Education at the Pottstown School District; and economic development director for the Borough of Pottstown. Terri also owned several corporations as an entrepreneur.

She has extensive community service including service on the Board of Directors for Berks Industrial Development Authority, Berks Business Education Coalition, Robeson Township Planning Commission, and is a member of both the Business Education Committee for Berks County Career and Technical Center, and the Executive Committee for Reading Muhlenberg Technical Center.

A native New Yorker, Terri resides in Robeson Township with her husband, Ray. They recently welcomed their newest granddaughter.