Biography
Karla Gregory-Martin is the current Senior Vice President of Institutional Diversity, Workforce, and Aspire for Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, Ohio. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and sits on the President's Cabinet for Eastern Gateway Community College. Leads the organization’s adult employment and training initiatives. This includes staffing, policy development and implementation, supervision of staff, administration, and organizational development. Karla has been instrumental in grant writing for State and Federal Awards for Workforce and Aspire related funding.
Karla is also a licensed funeral director and embalmer and owns Gregory-Martin Funeral Home with her husband, Hardin M. Martin, Jr. . She is licensed in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. A far departure from her degree pathway, Karla decided in 2014 to be part of the solution in the educational system and found her footing in the adult literacy program for the state of Ohio. She is a strong supporter and believer in the Aspire program and has one of the top programs in the State of Ohio by state standards.
Karla is the proud mother of 4 and grandmother of 1. She is very involved in her community and a supporter of many causes including: the rights of women, minorities and children with disabilities. She sits on the Workforce Development Board for Area 16, Board of Trustees for Jefferson County Community Action Council, Inc., Advisory committee for the State Aspire Program and is a member of the Ohio Funeral Director's Association.
