Newsmakers

CEO retirement Michele Johnson, who has served for 17 years as chancellor of the Pierce College District in Washington, has announced her plans to retire effective December 31, 2022. Over her 45 years at the…

Interim president Ryan Foley is now interim president of Southern Crescent Technical College in Georgia. He previously was executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Ogeechee Technical College (OTC) in Georgia. Foley has…

CEO on the move Jermaine Williams will serve as the next president of Montgomery College in Maryland, effective early 2022. He currently is president of Nassau Community College in New York, where he has led…

CEO on the move Byron D. Clift Breland has been appointed chancellor of California’s North Orange County Community College District, effective Jan. 18. Currently, he is chancellor of the San Jose–Evergreen Community College District. Breland…

New CEO Nicole Roades has been selected as the next president of Southern State Community College, effective July 1, 2022. She is currently the Ohio college’s vice president of academic affairs, a post she has…

CEO on the move Daria J. Willis has been named president of Howard Community College in Maryland, effective January 10, 2022. She is currently president of Everett Community College and is the first African-American to…

New president Todd Kitchen is the new president of the Eastern Campus at Cuyahoga Community College. He comes to the Ohio college with more than 20 years of experience in higher education, the last 10…

CEO retirements Don Doucette, chancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), will retire on July 1, 2022. He will have led the district for 11 years. Doucette’s accomplishments as chancellor include a student graduation rate…

CEO on the move Lisa Larson, who has served as president of Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) for the past five years, will join Education Design Lab (EDL) to work on community college-related projects. Her…