A Tennessee Board of Regents search advisory committee has selected three finalists for the next president of Volunteer State Community College. The finalists will participate in open forums with the campus community and the public from April 24-26, as the next step in the selection process.
The finalists are Dr. John C. Boyd, president of Mayland Community College in North Carolina; Dr. Steve Rook, chancellor of Arkansas State University Three Rivers; and Dr. Wendi W. Tostenson, vice chancellor of education and student services at Louisiana Delta Community College.
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The finalists’ resumes and more information about the search process and the College are posted on the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) website at https://www.tbr.edu/hr/executivesearches/president-volunteer-state-community-college.
The open forums will be held at the Wemyss Auditorium of Caudill Hall on the main Vol State campus in Gallatin, TN, and will also be live-streamed at https://www.volstate.edu/live. After the forums, TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings will review input submitted from the campus community and public, conduct further interviews, and select one candidate to nominate to the Board of Regents. The Board will consider the chancellor’s recommendation in a special called meeting on May 6.
The next president will succeed Dr. Orinthia T. Montague, who passed away on Sept. 22, 2023. Dr. Russ Deaton, TBR executive vice chancellor for policy and strategy, is currently serving as interim president.
Volunteer State is one of the 13 public community colleges in the College System of Tennessee, governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The college enrolls approximately 7,000 credit-seeking students and has more than 450 full-time employees.
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