Portia Holmes Shields

Portia Holmes Shields
President of Tennessee State University
Interim
In office
January 2, 2011 – 2012
Preceded byMelvin N. Johnson
Succeeded byGlenda Glover
7th President of Albany State University
In office
July 9, 1996 – June 30, 2005
Personal details
EducationDistrict of Columbia Teachers College
George Washington University
University of Maryland, College Park

Portia Holmes Shields is an American academic administrator who served as the seventh president of Albany State University from 1996 to 2005. She was its first female president. Shields was the interim president of Tennessee State University from 2011 to 2012.