Past President

D’Wayne Shaw started his career in CTE as an automotive instructor at Kilgore College in the fall of 1999. While at KC, he has also served as the Lead Instructor for Transportation Technologies, Department Chair of the Technologies areas, Technical Dual Credit Coordinator, Dean of Public Services and Industrial Technologies, the Executive Dean of Professional and Career Education and Associate Vice President of Student Learning. In the fall of 2025, he accepted the position of Executive Director of Statewide Workforce Partnerships for Lamar State College Orange, and now currently serves as the Dean of Curriculum and Career Alignment.

From a statewide perspective, he has served as an Evaluation Team Leader for the ASE Education Foundation, the Chair of the WECM Stakeholders CTE Course Maintenance Development Team, and the Chair of the Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) Advisory Committee (WECM-AC). He is currently the past chair of the WECM-AC.

D’Wayne completed an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Automotive Technology from Kilgore College. He later completed a Bachelor’s of Applied Arts and Science as well as his Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development from University of Texas in Tyler.