Career

He was selected on December 6, 2007 to succeed Martin Lancaster. He was the president of Craven Community College from 2002 through 2008.

Ralls announced in 2015 he would leave his position to become the next president of Northern Virginia Community College.

Ralls was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of a Methodist minister. He obtained a Bachelor of Surgery in Industrial Relations and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a Master of Arts, Industrial /Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Maryland.

Prior to becoming the president of Craven Community College, he was the vice president for Economic and Workforce Development at the North Carolina Community College System Office, director of Economic Development at the System Office, and a director at the North Carolina Department of Commerce.