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MCC picks retired Corning president as interim
MCC picks retired Corning president as interim
Monroe Community College has appointed the recently retired president of SUNY Corning Community College as its interim president while it conducts a national presidential search.
Katherine Douglas, whose 40-year career has included community colleges in three states, will begin her job on Monday and is expected to serve for 12 to 18 months, the college said, while the search is conducted.
Douglas steps into the seat vacated in December by Anne Kress, who took a job at Northern Virginia Community College after 10 years as MCC’s president.
“As a seasoned educator and leader in higher education, Dr. Douglas is uniquely suited to lead MCC as interim president. Her commitment to the community college mission and her familiarity with the Western New York/Finger Lakes region will be an asset to MCC,” said Barbara P. Lovenheim, chairwoman of the MCC Board of Trustees, in a news release.
Douglas said in the same release: “The great respect I hold for MCC is based on my previous years of SUNY leadership and service, at which time I have witnessed the numerous successes and innovations led by MCC faculty and staff.”
Douglas retired from Corning in June after eight years as president there. Previously she was vice president of academic affairs at Sussex County Community College in New Jersey. She began her career on the faculty of Greenfield Community College, where she worked for 27 years, and was dean of social sciences at Holyoke Community College, both in Western Massachusetts.
Douglas earned three degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her doctorate and master’s degrees are in education, and her bachelor’s degree is in leisure studies and services/outdoor education.
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