College of Marin Names Five Finalists for Superintendent/President
- August 20, 2010
Five candidates have been named as finalists in the search for a new Superintendent/President at College of Marin to replace Dr. Frances L. White who retired in June of this year.
The national search drew 65 candidates from across the country. A search committee composed of college faculty, staff, students, community members, and administrative employees interviewed 11 semi-finalist candidates. The names of the final five candidates have been forwarded to the College of Marin Board of Trustees for consideration. The hiring process also includes opportunities for college and community members to meet the candidates. Campus and community forums for each candidate will be held on Monday, August 30, Tuesday, August 31, Wednesday, September 1, Thursday, September 2, and Friday, September 3, 2010; from noon to 1 p.m. at the Kentfield Campus in the Olney Hall Auditorium; from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Indian Valley Campus in Miwok 181; and a third public forum will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Kentfield Campus in the Olney Hall Auditorium.
Jim Faye, Ph.D., is currently the Academic Vice President at Cerro Coso Community College in Southern California. He has been a professor, department chair, and dean at California State University, East Bay. He went on to become the founding dean at Harcourt Higher Education in Boston, the first online college in New England, and subsequently served as Academic Vice President at the wholly online Ellis College in Illinois. At Cerro Coso, Dr. Faye played a leadership role in developing California’s first state-approved degree and certificate program in wind and solar energy. He has also played a key part in bringing over $1 million in grants to his campus in the past five months. As dean at CSU East Bay, he developed the school’s first fund-raising program, community college outreach program, and online courses. Dr. Faye has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Georgetown University, a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, and a Juris Doctorate from University of California Hastings College of the Law. Dr. Faye will be at College of Marin on Friday, September 3.
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