Newsmakers

CEOs on the move Debra McCurdy has been named the next president of Baltimore City Community College. She will begin in the spring semester. For the past 11 years, she served as president of Rhodes…

New CEO Bonny Copenhaver will serve as the fourth president of New River Community and Technical College in West Virginia, effective January 2. Copenhaver has extensive experience in higher education, having held positions in areas…

New CEOs Eddie Tealer will serve as the new president of Eastfield College, effective Oct. 15. He has served in his current position of vice president for business services at North Lake College since 2014….

CEO kudos The Louisiana Community and Technical College System Foundation this week presented its Impact Award to all of its presidents since the system was created in 1999. They include Wayne Brown, Walter Bumphus, Joe…

CEO obituary Robert Judson, Jr., who served as the second president of Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) and was the first African-American to serve as president of a Florida community college, passed away on September 17….

New campus president Lisa Williams has been named president of the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Ohio. She has served as interim president for the past months, and is also an alumna…

New CEO Tavarez Holston will serve as the new president of Georgia Piedmont Technical College, effective September 10. He is currently vice president of academic affairs for Lanier Technical College (Georgia), where he has served…

CEO Retirement Teresa Dreyfuss, superintendent/president of Rio Hondo College (RHC) in California, plans to retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year on June 30, 2019. She helped lead the college through the recent…

New CEOs Claudia Schrader will serve as president of Kingsborough Community College in New York as of September 15. She is currently provost and senior vice president for academic and student success at Bronx Community College…

New CEOs John Berry will lead Central Ohio Technical College as its president, effective January 1. He previously served at the college as director of student life and also was dean of students for Ohio…