MWCC selects five candidates for presidency

Courtesy The finalists for the presidency position at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner have been announced.

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The search committee tasked with finding a replacement to long-time Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel Asquino announced its five finalists for the position at the Gardner-based college.

Daniel Asquino has served as president of Mount Wachusett Community College since August 1987 and is the longest current serving public higher education president in Massachusetts. It was announced at the beginning of the year that Asquino will retire in January or when his successor is selected. The finalists for the position announced Tuesday include candidates with a wide array of educational and administrative experience.

They are:

William D. Hart, CEO of the Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office
J.D. LaRock, J.D., Ed.D., chair of the Board of Trustees at North Shore Community College
Maureen H. Powers, Ph.D., CEO and program speaker for LEAD
James Vander Hooven, Ed.D., vice president for enrollment management at Landmark College in Putney, Vt.
Julie A. White, Ph.D., senior vice president of student engagement and learning support at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y.

Each candidate will participate in interviews and open meetings to be held from Dec. 5-13 on the MWCC Gardner campus. The MWCC Board of Trustees will announce their selection for the third president of the college at its Dec. 15 meeting. Their recommendation will then be presented to Massachusetts Board of Higher Education for final approval.