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Edison Community
College Selects Four Candidates For President
Edison Community College has selected four finalists for the position
of president and will bring each candidate to campus for two days
between January 18 and 27. The selected candidate will replace outgoing
president Dr. Kenneth Yowell, who will be retiring in April after 23
years at the helm of Edison.
Dr. Cristobal Valdez, Dr. Sean Creighton, Dr. Bradley Ebersole and Ms.
Sarah Garrett will each be on campus for two days during the interview
process. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and the
Advisory Committee initially reviewed approximately 60 applications
before trimming the list to 9 semifinalists who were interviewed off
campus by both committees.
The four candidates will tour both the main campus in Piqua and the
Darke County Campus in Greenville, meet with staff and faculty during
open forums, and meet with the Board of Trustees. After their visits,
the Executive Committee will select the candidate to become Edison‟s
next president.
“Our Presidential Search Counsel, R. H. Perry and Associates, generated
an exceptional initial list of candidates which has been carefully
narrowed down to a ‘final four,’” said Judy Hartman, Vice Chair of the
Board of Trustees and Chair of the Executive Search Committee. “This
has taken several weeks and included participation and input from all
areas of the college as well as community leaders from Darke, Miami and
Shelby Counties, working together to ensure a good fit for Edison and
the communities it serves. The process has gone smoothly and on
schedule. We anticipate making an announcement naming Edison‟s new
President by the end of February.”
Dr. Cristobal Valdez is the Provost for the Detroit Lakes and Wadena
Campuses of Minnesota State Community and Technical College. He also
serves as the vice president for student affairs. He received a Doctor
of Education degree from Oregon State University in 2010.
Dr. Sean Creighton currently serves as the Executive Director of the
Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education and has served on the
Yellow Springs Board of Education since 2008. He received a Ph.D. from
Antioch University in 2006.
Dr. Bradley Ebersole is the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at
Baton Rouge Community College in Louisiana. Prior to that, he was the
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Learning and Student Development
at The Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland. He received a
Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1987.
Ms. Sarah Garrett is the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief
Academic Officer of the multi-campus Bristol Community College in Fall
River, Massachusetts. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Law in 1981.
“I want to thank the Advisory and Executive Committees for their
extensive efforts in the search,” said Board of Trustees Chairman Ed
Curry.
The chosen candidate will be Edison’s first new college president in 23
years, succeeding Yowell, who announced his plan to retire in 2010. The
new president will be Edison’s fourth since its founding in 1973.
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