Holyoke Community College On Verge Of Having First Woman As President

   A western Massachusetts community college will likely soon have the first woman as its president in the school’s 70-year history.

   A search committee at Holyoke Community College Thursday named the four finalists – all women – who are being considered to become just the school’s fourth president.

  The finalists are: 

                Laura Douglas, provost at Des Moines Area Community College. 

                 Naydeen Gonzalez, a vice president at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey.

                 Julie White, a vice president at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse.

                 Christina Royal, provost at Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota.

  WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Robert Gilbert, chairman of the board of trustees at Holyoke Community College, about the search for the school’s next president.2^nd