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| Durham Tech Home > President Search > President Search Semi-Finalist Profiles |
| President Search Semi-Finalist Profiles |
Durham Technical Community College’s Board of Trustees has invited
the following persons to interview for the Presidency position that will
become available when Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr., retires December 2007. Interviews
are being scheduled for the end of August. |
Dr. Algie Gatewood became President of Portland
Community College’s Cascade Campus in 2004. He earned his doctorate
in Adult and Community College Education from North Carolina State University,
a master’s in Higher Education/College Administration from Appalachian
State University, and bachelor’s in History/Social Studies from
Livingstone College. |
 Dr.
William G. “Bill” Ingram is Senior Vice President and
Chief Instructional Officer at Durham Technical Community College, where
he previously served as Director of Continuing Education, Director of Off-Campus
Programs, and Dean of Technical and Vocational Programs. He also served
as Special Assistant to the Dean of Instruction at Southeastern Community
College. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Ohio Wesleyan
University and a master’s of science and doctorate in Adult and Community
College Education from North Carolina State University. Dr. Ingram is past President of the North Carolina Adult Education Association; served on the Durham Workforce Development Board, Durham County Library Board, and Durham Workforce Partnership Board; and chaired the Durham Public Education Network. He has served on the Community College Review Editorial Board and for fifteen years has been an evaluator and chair of visiting committees for the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He is a graduate of Leadership Durham, Leadership Chapel Hill-Carrboro, and Leadership Triangle as well the AACC Future Leadership Institute-Advanced program. With Terrence A. Tollefson and Rick L. Garrett, he is co-author of Fifty State Systems of Community Colleges: Mission, Governance, Funding and Accountability. Dr. Ingram and his wife Ann have lived in the Triangle for 26 years and are the parents of Christine Elizabeth (a senior at UNC-Greensboro) and David (a freshman at Brevard College). He is a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, where he was Senior Warden and Rector Search Committee chair. |
 Dr.
Augusta Julian has been President/CEO at Maysville Community and
Technical College in Kentucky since August 2001. Her accomplishments there
include consolidation of a community college and technical college creating
a new structure and processes and bringing together four campuses, completing
a building project and major renovations due to mold abatement, and leading
a regional effort to develop an entrepreneur center. From 1991 to 2001,
she was Vice President, Institutional Advancement, at Madison Area Technical
College in Wisconsin where a major accomplishment was coordination of a
comprehensive strategic planning and college effectiveness monitoring process.
She became a qualified trainer with the Franklin-Covey Institute and received
the Employee of the Year Award for 1996-1997.
Prior to 1991, Dr. Julian served in a number of positions with Durham
Technical Community College with responsibilities including individualized
instruction, human resources, marketing and public relations, staff development,
and resource development. She launched Durham Tech’s first capital
campaign and annual campus fund drives. She also helped found a statewide
telecourse consortium providing consultation services for 34 participating
colleges. |
 Dr.
Sharon Morrissey is the Vice President for Instructional Services
at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. She provides staff support
to the President and the Board of Trustees in academic programming and economic
development initiatives. Her accomplishments at Asheville-Buncombe Tech
include reorganizing continuing education to develop a satellite campus
for corporate and economic development, coordinating a successful grant
proposal for one of five NCCCS BioNetwork Centers, coordinating a Transfer
Advising Center in the Arts and Sciences Division, creating a Learning Resources
Division to promote student success, initiating Global Education across-the-curriculum,
implementing a Middle College and an Early College High School on the college’s
campus, overseeing development of a new instructor orientation program,
and implementing nine new curriculum programs.Dr. Morrissey began her community college career as an English instructor before moving into a state-level coordinating position in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) office. As Associate Vice President for Academic and Student Services for the NCCCS, Dr. Morrissey directed the statewide conversion of community colleges from a quarter-based to a semester-based system. She also co-chaired the committee that developed the comprehensive articulation agreement between North Carolina’s community colleges and universities. Dr. Morrissey holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from UNC at Chapel Hill, a master’s degree in English education from Western Carolina University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from North Carolina State University. In 1996, Dr. Morrissey received the NCCCS President’s Award for her contributions to the NCCCS, and in 2003 she was named as an NCCCS Dallas B. Herring Fellow. |
 Dr.
Ron D. Wright is currently serving as President of Cincinnati State
Technical and Community College. Dr. Wright is accountable to a nine-member
Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor of Ohio. The college provides
educational programs and services to approximately 15,000 students. Cincinnati
State has an operating budget of approximately $60 million and employs 450
full-time employees.Dr. Wright holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Psychology from Pepperdine University (CA) and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University of Ohio. He concluded his studies with an earned Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Measurement from Cornell University. In recent years, Dr. Wright was recognized as a distinguished graduate from both Ohio Valley College and Pepperdine University. He has served as a guest lecturer for the University of Delaware (DE), Rochester College (MI), Southern University (LA), the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, and numerous governmental organizations. Dr. Wright has also consulted at more than 50 community colleges and universities. Dr. Wright served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges that represents more than 1,200 community colleges and 10 million students. His volunteer services include the United Way, National Council on Cooperative Education, National Council on Black American Affairs, and several Commissions of the American Association of Community Colleges. Dr. Wright is married to his wife Peggy and they have two adult daughters, Racquel and Ronda, both of Cincinnati. His passion and purpose outside of education are tied to his work as an elder in the Churches of Christ. |
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