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CEO on the move Robert Pimentel will become the next chancellor of California’s West Hills Community College District (WHCCD) on August 1. He will be the district’s first Latino CEO. Pimentel is currently president of…
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New CEO Cory Clasemann will become the next president of Southeast Technical College (STC) in South Dakota, effective mid-July. Most recently, Clasemann was assistant vice president for institutional transformation assessment at the John N. Gardner…
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CEOs on the move Andy Bowne has been named president for the Tarrant County College (TCC) Southeast Campus, effective July 1. He most recently was president of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in Kansas, where…
Inaugural cohort for ATE Future Leaders Fellows
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the inaugural cohort of the ATE Future Leaders Fellows program, a new initiative to help two-year college professionals develop their leadership skills and raise awareness of…
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New CEO Wendi W. Tostenson will become the next president of Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, effective July 1. She currently is vice chancellor of education and student services at Louisiana Delta Community College…
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CEO on the move Anthony Cruz has been selected as the 11th president of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). He previously served for nearly five years as president of the Kendall Campus of Miami…
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CEO retirement announcement Beverly Walker-Griffea, president of Mott Community College (MCC), plans to retire on May 24. She became the Michigan college’s seventh president in August 2014. She is also the first female and first…
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CEOs on the move Claudia Lourido-Habib will become president of California’s Ventura College on July 8. She is currently president of Porterville College (California), a post she has held since July 2019. Under Lourido-Habib’s leadership,…
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New CEO Beatriz Chaidez will lead California’s San José–Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) as its new chancellor. She has served as its interim chancellor since July 2023. “We are very fortunate to have a highly…
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CEO on the move Chato Hazelbaker is set to become the next president of Pueblo Community College in Colorado, effective July 1. He currently is president of Northland Pioneer College (NPC) in Arizona, a position…