Dr. Jermaine Whirl has joined the Greenville Technical College (GTC) staff as vice president of Economic Development and Corporate Training
A South Carolina native, he began his postsecondary education at Trident Technical College, earned a bachelor’s degree at Winthrop University, a master’s degree at Charleston Southern University, a second master’s degree at Armstrong State University, and a doctorate in organizational leadership at Valdosta State University.
With over a decade of higher education experience, Dr. Whirl comes to GTC from Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia where he has served for the past two years as dean of the School of Business and the School of Art & Design. Prior to that, he worked for Georgia Southern University as a visiting instructor of management and as special assistant to the chair. Academically, he’s served as a dean of adult education, dean of academic affairs, visiting professor of business, and assistant professor of business economics. Within economic development, he’s worked to craft memorandums of association (MOAs) and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the U.S. Military and Goodwill of The Coastal Empire and North Georgia, while supporting training efforts for a host of private sector companies during his tenure in Georgia.