Dr. Nichols has served as provost and chief academic officer at the college since 2018. Earlier, she was vice president for academic affairs at Chattanooga State Community College and was an associate professor of both English and Spanish at Gainesville State College, which is now a campus of the University of North Georgia.
Since 2003, Dr. Tyding has served as president of Athens Technical College in Georgia. Earlier in her career, she was vice president of academic affairs at Central Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins.