Executive Chief Officer for Institutional Strategy and Transformation

Dr. Tamika Tyson Duplessis serves as the Executive Chief Officer for Institutional Strategy and Transformation at Delgado Community College, where she leads strategic initiatives focused on institutional effectiveness, enrollment management, student success, workforce development, and organizational transformation.

With a career spanning scientific research, academic leadership, and executive administration, Dr. Duplessis brings a distinctive perspective to higher education leadership. She previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Executive Dean of Delgado's Sidney Collier site, leading initiatives that expanded educational access, strengthened student support systems, and advanced partnerships between community colleges and industry.

An accomplished scientist, Dr. Duplessis has authored more than 30 scientific publications, book chapters, and abstracts focused on breast cancer and molecular mechanisms of cancer progression. She began her career at Delgado as a Chemistry Instructor and later served as Chemistry Department Chair. Her scientific background continues to shape her evidence-based, systems-oriented approach to institutional leadership.

A New Orleans native, she earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Tulane University School of Medicine.