President

Job Summary: The Board of Trustees at HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, has launched a search to find the next president of the College. The current president, John J. "Ski" Sygielski, MBA, Ed.D., will retire in July 2025. The search consulting firm, Academic Search, has been appointed by the Board to lead a national search for top candidates.

Job Details:

The Board of Trustees at HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, has launched a search to find the next president of the College. The current president, John J. "Ski" Sygielski, MBA, Ed.D., will retire in July 2025. The search consulting firm, Academic Search, has been appointed by the Board to lead a national search for top candidates.

The Presidential Search Committee, with input from the HACC community, developed this position profile:

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Please see the full profile for detailed information about the nomination and application process.

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Our Purpose: Learning for all; learning for life.

Our Diversity Statement: As an institution of higher education, HACC recognizes its responsibility to maintain an environment that affirms the diversity of people and ideas.

HACC embraces, supports, and actively pursues a policy of inclusiveness that reflects and appreciates the diversity of the community it serves and the world in which we live.

The Board of Trustees and the President lead HACC's commitment to open access to education, diversity, cultural sensitivity, and equal opportunity in employment. This commitment serves to promote a college-wide environment of collegiality, inclusiveness, respect, and cultural competence.

Our Core Values: A Circle of Caring

• We work together to shape and build our preferred future.
• We encourage and celebrate creativity and innovation.
• We set high goals and strive to achieve them.
• We strive to provide exceptional service to all who help shape our future.

• We are gateways to student success and opportunity.
• We promote respect, collegiality, diversity and equity-mindedness in all we say and do.
• We nurture awareness and cultural sensitivity to create a climate of trust.
• We are growth-minded, believing that each of us is capable of learning, developing and growing to support our mission.

• We are honest and hold each other and ourselves to the highest ethical standards.
• We provide the most accurate information available in all communications.
• We are transparent about our decisions as individuals and teams.
• We embrace broad engagement in the shared governance process.