Southwest Tennessee Community College Presidential Search Advisory Committee Named; Open Forum, First Meeting Scheduled Jan. 26

The Search Advisory Committee members for a new president of Southwest Tennessee Community College have been selected and will meet for the first time on Monday, Jan. 26, following a public forum on Southwest’s Macon Cove campus about the search process.

The open forum to discuss the criteria and search process for the new president will be held from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. on the Southwest Macon Cove campus in Farris Administration Building Room A. The search advisory committee will then convene at noon in the same location.

Both the forum and the committee’s first meeting are open to the public and the media.

The search committee’s charge is to identify three to five finalists for the position of president who will visit the campus for interviews. Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan will then consult with members of the committee and make a final selection for submission to the TBR for approval.

Southwest President Nate Essex announced last August his plans to retire effective June 30 this year. He has served as president of Southwest since 2001.

The committee will work with executive search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates to help identify a broad range of highly qualified candidates from around the country. One of the committee’s first tasks at the meeting will be to decide on the schedule and procedures for identifying the finalists. Initial screenings of applicants is expected to begin in February.

The committee members are as follows:

• Regent Greg Duckett, Chair
  TBR BOARD MEMBER
   
• Regent Barbara Prescott
  TBR BOARD MEMBER
   
• Regent Leigh Shockey
  TBR BOARD MEMBER
   
• Mr. Bill Summons
  FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
  Faculty Senate President
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Dr. Melinda Wade
  FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Dr. Tamara McColgan
  FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Ms. Toletta Patterson
  STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
  SGA Vice President Satellites
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Mr. Michael Boyd
  ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
  Executive Director/CIO of Information Technology
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Mrs. Alberta Williams
  SUPPORT STAFF REPRESENTATIVE
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Mr. Darrell K. Thomas
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  Chairman/CEO Thomas Consultants, Inc.
   
• Mr. John Farris
  FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER
  Southwest Tennessee Community College
   
• Ms. Beth Flanagan
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  Director of Memphis Medical Center
   
• Ms. Carolyn Hardy
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  CEP Chism-Hardy Enterprises
   
• Mr. Phil Trenary
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  CEO The Greater Memphis Chamber
   
• Ms. Blair Taylor
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  President, Memphis Tomorrow
   
• Dr. Glen Fenter
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADER
  President, Mid-South Community College
  West Memphis, AR