Three candidate finalists named for Western Nevada College presidency
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 10:30am
Three finalists for the presidency of Western Nevada College were named Tuesday by Chancellor Thom Reilly, in consultation with Regent Rick Trachok, chair of the WNC President Search Committee.
"These finalists represent the best of 105 total qualified applicants from across the entire country," said Chancellor Reilly. "We are very excited about the three finalists and are confident that any one of them would make an excellent leader as the next president of Western Nevada College."
The candidates were selected based on the process and criteria set forth by the committee with input from WNC and community advisory members.
The candidates are:
— J. Kyle Dalpe, Ph.D, Interim Dean of Technical Sciences, Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nev. See bio here.
— Lisa B. Rhine. Ph.D, Provost of the Chesapeake Campus of Tidewater Community College in Chesapeake, Virginia. See bio here.
— Vincent R. Solis, Ed.D., Senor Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas. See bio here.
The candidates will visit the WNC community May 1-3 in Carson City. Each candidate will spend a full day on campus. Members of the community are invited to attend public forums for each candidate. Information on the forums can be found on the WNC President search website here.
The WNC President Search Committee and the Advisory Committee will conduct face-to-face interviews with candidates on May 1, May 2-3.
At the conclusion of the interviews on May 3, the Search Committee and Advisory Committee will meet to determine the recommendation of a finalist to the full Board of Regents, who will review and vote on the recommendation at a special meeting on May 4.
The search committee is chaired by Regent Rick Trachok and includes regents Dr. Jason Geddes, Sam Lieberman, Carol Del Carlo and John T. Moran.
Advisory members to the committee include: Deb Conrad, Sean Davison, Dr. Thomas Herring, Rob Hooper, Emily Howarth, Collie Hutter, Senator Ben Kieckhefer, J.W. Lazzari, Gil Martin, Viridiana Miranda, Dr. Robert Morin, Scott Morrison, Frankie Perez, Susan Priest, Chris Reilly, Heather Rikalo, Irene Tucker and Dr. Teri White.
