LOS ALTOS HILLS — A nationwide search has resulted in the selection of three community college vice presidents as finalists for the presidency of Foothill College. Each candidate will spend a day on campus later this month to meet with members of the college community and participate in an open forum. The forums, which are open to the public, will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Appreciation Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 27-March 1.
A final selection is expected in March.
After an extensive review of the applicants, a 16-member selection committee recommended the three finalists to Dr. Martha Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. The search committee included faculty, administrators, staff, students and a community representative. Rose Myers, Foothill’s vice president of student development and instruction, chaired the committee.
“I am delighted the search committee has selected such outstanding finalists,’’ Kanter said. “We are pleased to have had such a strong pool of candidates.’’
The finalists are, in alphabetical order, Daniel P. Larson, Anita Martinez and Judy C. Miner.
Larson is vice president for instruction at Mohawk Valley Community College in the State University of New York system, a position he has held since 2003. Before that, he worked for nearly four years as vice president for academic affairs at St. Charles Community College in St. Peters, Missouri; for more than two years as dean of arts and sciences at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Michigan; and for more than nine years as founding chair of the humanities department and executive director of the Goppert Theatre at Avila College in Kansas City, Missouri. He holds a doctorate in music arts and voice performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he attended the Conservatory of Music; a master’s degree in music, with emphasis in voice performance and literature, from the University of Rochester; and a bachelor’s degree in applied music-voice, also from the University of Rochester.
Larson will visit the Foothill campus on Thursday, March 1.
Martinez is vice president of student learning at the College of Marin in the Marin Community College District, a position she has held since 2006. Before that, she worked for more than four years as dean of language arts at Skyline College in the San Mateo Community College District; for a year as director of community college services for The College Board; and for more than 26 years at the City College of San Francisco, moving from ESL program instructor to interim vice chancellor of instruction, then dean of student advocacy, rights and responsibilities. Previously she worked as a lecturer and director of the Educational Opportunity Program at San Francisco State University. Martinez holds two master’s degrees: in education from the University of California-Berkeley and English from San Francisco State, where she also earned a bachelor’s degree in English. She holds an associate of arts degree in communication from San Joaquin Delta College. She has completed all course work for a doctorate in education at UC Berkeley.
Martinez will visit the Foothill campus on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
Miner is vice president of instruction at De Anza College in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, a position she has held since 1999. During her 18 years at De Anza, she worked as interim president; provost of arts, letters and social science; dean of academic services and matriculation; and acting dean of special education. Before that, she worked for nearly three years in student services in the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office; for a year as a senior management consultant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.; and for five years as dean of admissions and records at City College of San Francisco. Early in her career, she worked as registrar at the University of San Francisco‘s School of Law and Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. Miner holds a doctorate in education from the University of San Francisco and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in history from Lone Mountain College.
Miner will visit the Foothill campus on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
During their campus visits, the finalists will meet with the leadership groups of faculty, staff, students and administrators. Each will share a vision for Foothill College at a public forum, followed by questions and answers. Evaluation forms will be provided to those who attend. Kanter will consider all college and community comments before making her recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
The president’s position became vacant with the retirement last June of Bernadine Chuck Fong, Foothill’s fifth president, who had led the campus since 1996. Penny Patz, vice president of technology and instruction, is serving as interim president for 2006-07, and was not a candidate for the permanent position. The presidential search began in November 2006 with the board’s approval of a search firm, Academic Search Inc. John Hicks is the firm’s senior consultant working with the district.
Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as the "most beautiful community college ever built," Foothill College is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley and educates more than 19,000 students each year.
Additional information about each candidate is available on the district’s web site at www.fhda.edu
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February 2007
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