Two Women Named Chancellor of University of Hawai’i System Community Colleges

Margaret Sanchez has been named chancellor of Kaua’i Community College within the University of Hawai’i System. She has served as interim chancellor for the past year.

Kaua’i Community College enrolls about 1,300 students, 64 percent of whom are women.

Sanchez has been with Kaua’i Community College since 2017, serving as vice chancellor for student affairs prior to her interim chancellor appointment. Previously, she served as dean of matriculation and assessment at City College of San Francisco. Earlier in her career, she held several positions with Mendocino College in California, including director of the Learning Center, director of math, engineering, and science, and instructor of chemistry.

Sanchez holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master’s degree in education from Sonoma State University in California.

Susan Kazama has been promoted from interim chancellor to permanent chancellor of Hawai’i Community College within the University of Hawai’i System.

Hawai’i Community College enrolls about 2,100 students, 60 percent of whom are women.

Kazama began her career with the University of Hawai’i System in 1987 as a librarian with the University of Hawai’i Maui College and Honolulu Community College. Throughout her tenure with the university system, she has held various academic and librarian roles with University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library and Kapi’olani Community College, where she had a stint as interim vice chancellor for academic affairs.

A two-time graduate of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Kazma holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in library science.