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amlico Community College today announced the six finalists for the PCC President’s job and said that all six would be traveling to the school soon to meet the public and take part in face-to-face interviews with the college’s Board of Trustees.

It is the Board of Trustees who will choose the successor to Marion Altman, who retires in June after serving as the PCC president since 1999.

Before winnowing the finalist pool to six, the school received 42 applications for the President’s job. Among the factors the school was seeking in its applicants were: leadership experience in colleges in rural communities such as Pamlico County, and a track record of moving into more challenging positions within the schools where the applicants worked, preferably as president or by reporting directly to the president or the board.

While the choice is up to the Board of Trustees, the public is invited to take part in the meetings that are being set up for each of the candidates.

Bob Lyon, chairman of the Board of Trustees, says that he hopes the public will come to the college’s Delamar Center and meet with the candidates. The presidential hopefuls will be paying separate visits starting April 30 and running through May 7.

“We look forward to meeting our finalists, and we sincerely hope the public will come out to the college to meet and talk with the candidates,” added Lyon.

The “Meet and Greet” sessions with the public will be from 2:30-3:30p on the following dates:

• Thursday, April 30 – Dr. Ray Taylor
• Friday, May 1 – Dr. Cleve Cox
• Monday, May 4 – Dr. Susan Karr
• Tuesday, May 5 – Dr. Larry Kimbrow
• Wednesday, May 6 – Dr. Kay Adkins
• Thursday, May 7 – Dr. Stan Sidor

Following the sessions, three finalists will be selected and submitted to the state community college board for approval. From those three, one will be selected as the new PCC President by the PCC Board Of Trustees. The new President will be announced in June.

Following are brief bios of the 6 finalists (in alphabetical order)

Dr. Kay Adkins has held positions in various colleges since 1985, and is currently the Provost of Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio. She received her Ed.D. in Educational Administration from Illinois State University in 1999.

Dr. Cleve Cox began his college career in 1977 as an Assistant Dean of Students, and is now serving as President of Williamsburg Technical College in Kingstree, South Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. in Adult and Community College Education at N.C. State in 1985.

Dr. Susan Karr is the Vice President of Instruction at Ouachita Technical College in Malvern, Arkansas. Dr. Karr’s career in education began in 1988. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in Education Administration, Community College Leadership Program.

Dr. Larry Kimbrow has held positions as Navy instructor and technical college professor since 1975, moving into the college arena in 1998. Dr. Kimbrow is currently Vice President for Academic Affairs at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He received his Ed.D in Higher Education Leadership at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Dr. Stan Sidor is the Associate Vice President of the College of Engineering Technology and Occupational Programs at Daytona State College in Florida. Dr. Sidor has an engineering and manufacturing technology background, and began his educational career in 1989. He earned his Ed.D in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida in 2007.

Dr. Ray Taylor has served the university and college community in various capacities since 1970. Since 2006, Dr. Taylor has been the Principal Consultant for Ray Taylor Associates of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, providing strategic workforce development initiatives, leadership development, accountability, and community collaboration strategies for community colleges and nonprofit governing boards. He earned his Ed.D in Higher Education Administration from the University of Missouri in 1987.
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Update 4/29/09: The field narrowed to five candidates after Dr. Susan Karr withdrew from consideration. PCC says that she told the Board of Trustees on April 28 that she had accepted the presidency of a college in Texas.

Posted Monday April 20, 2009 by Melinda Penkava