Lori Gaskin has been chosen as the next superintendent/president of Santa Barbara City College in California. She will take office on July 1. Since 2009, she has served as president of West Valley College in Saratoga, California. Previously, she was vice president of academic affairs and student services and dean of instruction at Lake Tahoe Community College.
Dr. Gaskin has been involved in the California Community College System for the past 31 years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography from the University of California at Los Angeles and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Nevada at Reno.
Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
Jennifer Gaither, a lawyer by training, has been a Sullivan University faculty member for the past 25 years. She most recently served as the university's associate provost.
Dr. Crowley has served as provost at Ohio Wesleyan University since 2020. She is slated to become the nineteenth president of Kalamazoo College on July 1.
The three women named to provost positions are Nancy Marchand-Martella at the University of Northern Colorado, Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University, and Randi Storch at Western Oregon University.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.