The Tennessee Board of Regents has appointed a Search Advisory Committee to find the next president of cleveland State Community College. A virtual public forum on the search process is scheduled for Wednesday, january 14, 2026.
The forum will be held at 10 a.m.ET via Zoom. You can join using this link: https://academic-search.zoom.us/j/83021725062?pwd=n8mkFqqj2apW08eycPcbsga3PDpU2u.1&from=addon
- Meeting ID: 830 2172 5062
- Passcode: 075937
Find call-in numbers and additional instructions here. For Zoom assistance, contact casi Hodges at chodges@clevelandstatecc.edu or (423) 478-6200.
Details about the search, the college, position criteria, and the application process are available at https://www.tbr.edu/hr/executivesearches/president-cleveland-state-community-college.
Emily J. Reynolds,Vice Chair of the Board of Regents,will lead the 18-member committee. It includes other board members, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and business and community leaders from Southeast tennessee. The full committee roster is below.
The committee will review applications and forward a list of finalists. These finalists will participate in campus visits and public forums.Following this, TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings will gather feedback from the campus and public,conduct final interviews,and recommend a candidate to the Board of Regents for appointment.
academic Search Inc. is assisting with the search.
Members of the Search Advisory Committee:
Emily J. Reynolds
Vice chair, Tennessee Board of Regents
Search Committee Chair
Matt Herriman
Member, Board of Regents
Thomas A.H. White
Member, Board of regents
Anderson bennett
student Representative
Christopher Ownby
student Representative
Greg Edwards
Faculty Representative
Rick Stoody
Faculty Representative
Renae Frazier
Administrative Staff Representative
Juliann Mathis
Support Staff representative
Melissa Woody
Alumni Representative
Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce
Connie Vaughan
Business Community Representative
McKee Foods
Hobert Brabson
Community Representative
City of Chattanooga
Kevin Brooks
Community Representative
Mayor, City of Cleveland
Jonathan Cantrell
Community Representative
Caldwell Paving
Jeff Jones
Community Representative
Whirlpool Corporation
Lynne McClary
Community Representative
Polk County Chamber of Commerce
Rick Platz
Community Representative
Retired Business Owner
Susan Hatto
President, Tennessee College of applied Technology Athens
