KCC hires nationally recognized search consultant to find new KCC president
Issue date: 11/6/06 Section: News
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Board members voted unanimously, 5-0, with two board members absent, to hire nationally recognized community college president search consultant David Ponitz, president emeritus of Sinclair Comm-unity College of Ohio.
Ponitz will help facilitate the board's search for KCC's fifth president since the college was established in 1966 to serve Crawford, Roscommon, Oscoda and Ogemaw counties, as well as the surrounding communities. Rorie repeated that he will not be involved in selecting his successor.
"My office will not be a participant in the process used to select the next president of the college … My attention will be directed to other college business now," Rorie said after the meeting. "I am confident that the facilitator the board has selected, and the process which will be followed, will result in the selection of an excellent new president for Kirtland."
Board members were provided with a preview of Ponitz's services during a presentation at a special board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 17. And several board members said they were impressed by the positive comments they received from other colleges that have employed Ponitz in similar searches.
"Accolade after accolade," said KCC Trustee Roy Spangler. "Absolutely no reservations."
Trustee Denis Weiss said he was not only impressed that Ponitz had an established process to follow, but that he was willing to adapt that process to fit KCC's needs.
"He's extremely knowledgeable and well connected," Weiss added.
Rorie gave Ponitz's hiring his "highest recommendation" due to his broad connections, adding that Ponitz has been involved in about 60 presidential searches previous to this one.
"You keep hearing the same thing (about Ponitz)," said Sally Galer, chairwoman of the KCC Board of Trustees. "You're hearing about the professionalism. These are the same points that keep coming up again and again."
For his services, Ponitz will be paid $15,000 once the board selects a new president, according to the agreement approved by the board.
Besides hiring Ponitz, board members at the Oct. 19 meeting named Dale Shantz, KCC's director of human services, to serve as the college's liaison to Ponitz's and to assist with the logistics of the selection process.
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