Presidential Search

SUNY Corning Community College (SUNY CCC), founded in 1957, offers certificates, associate degrees, micro-credentials, and non-credit courses in a variety of formats, including in-person, hybrid, and online. It is one of two regional community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The primary service area includes Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben Counties in the southern Finger Lakes region of New York, with approximately 210,000 people.

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March 14, 2025

Greetings,

The Corning Community College Regional Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee are pleased to announce the launch of the presidential search. The institution has partnered with RPA Inc., a nationally recognized executive search firm, who will be assisting the Search Committee through its work over the coming months.

The search process has begun this week with RPA Inc. visiting campus to engage with constituent groups to better understand the institution and the opportunity. The conversations RPA Inc. consultants had on campus were to help them to prepare their topics for recruitment conversations. During this visit, the Search Committee also held its first meeting: an orientation to the search process and preparation for moving forward with the search.

Over the coming weeks, we will launch a presidential search webpage, detailing information and providing updates about the search and timeline.

In the meantime, RPA Inc. has created a survey for you to provide feedback related to the presidential search and what you are looking for in the next president.

The Regional Board of Trustees and the Search Committee request that you take some time to complete this survey and encourage your peers and colleagues to complete it as well. The feedback from the survey is anonymous and will be shared with the Search Committee to help them understand what the campus and community are considering related to the presidential search.

Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CorningCampus25

Please complete the survey by 12:00 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 28.

With appreciation,
Judy McKinney Cherry
Regional Board of Trustees Vice Chair
Chair of the Presidential Search Committee

  • Early Spring 2025: Presidential Search Launches
  • Spring 2025: Recruitment of Candidates
  • Late Spring - Summer 2025: Search Committee Evaluation and Interviews
  • Summer 2025: Campus Interviews
  • Late Summer - Early Fall 2025: Finalization of Process and Negotiations

The search committee included the following members, representing a cross-section of the College’s key constituencies:

  • Judy McKinney Cherry, Vice Chair of the Regional Board of Trustees and Chair of the Search Committee
  • Michael J. Wayne, Chairman of the Regional Board of  Trustees
  • Heather Reynolds, Treasurer & Chair of Finance and Facilities of the Regional Board of Trustees
  • Margaret J. Lawrence, Regional Board of Trustees
  • Jennifer Miller, SUNY Assistant Vice Chancellor of Community Colleges
  • Zulaika Rodriguez, SUNY Associate Vice Chancellor for Executive Recruitment and Leadership Development
  • Stacy Ward, SUNY CCC Executive Director of Human Resources
  • Dr. Robert Koble, SUNY CCC Associate Professor - Science
  • Ashley Molina, SUNY CCC Instructor - Nursing
  • Tanya Jones, SUNY CCC Executive Assistant of Administrative Services
  • Floral Root, SUNY CCC Student
  • Sophia Mirando, SUNY CCC Student
  • Christian Cicconi, SUNY CCC Student
  • Millicent Ruffin, Corning Inc.
  • Ed Holzlein, CAF USA
  • Angela Hawken, Southern Tier Logistics
  • Robert Sherburne, GST BOCES STEM Academy
  • Grace Caru, SUNY CCC Stores Clerk (CSEA Union President)
  • Greg Merrill, SUNY CCC Senior Campus Safety Officer (Council 82 Union President)