Presidential Search

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:

Download Full Profile (pdf)

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

Updates on search progress will be shared with the HACC community via emails and through this website.

Timeline

Phase 1

January-February 2025
• Applications and nominations will be accepted and reviewed.
• The applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.

Phase 2

March-April 2025
• The selected applicants will be interviewed.
• The finalists will be contacted.
• The finalists will be interviewed.

Phase 3

May-June 2025
• A top finalist will be selected and approved by the HACC Board of Trustees.
• The new president will be announced.

Phase 4

July 2025
The new president will begin.

The timeline is tentative and thus subject to change.

Communications and News

HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, is pleased to partner with Academic Search on the search for our next president. Now that the presidential profile is public and advertisements have been placed, Academic Search has begun the deep networking process of recruiting candidates. Early data show significant interest in the search. We aim to have a pool of candidates for the search committee to begin reviewing by the Feb. 6, 2025, application deadline.

Jan. 13, 2025

HACC Launches Search for College’s Eighth President

Committee

Ms. Dawn Adam, Associate Professor, Dental Assisting, Office of Academic Affairs and Workforce Development

Ms. Courtney Allen, Director, Community Standards, Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging

Mr. Joseph Alsberry, HACC Foundation Board Member

Mr. Jonathan Bowser, HACC Board of Trustees Treasurer

Mr. John Corrigan, Director, Business Operations, Office of Finance

Ms. Julie Davis, Specialist, One-Stop Welcome Center, Office of Student Success and Enrollment Management

Mr. Ron Dowey, Professor, Physics/Physical Science, Office of Academic Affairs and Workforce Development

Mr. Joel Efekele, Student Government Association

Ms. Zarah Fatima, Student Worker, Intercultural Student Success, Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging

Mrs. Maureen Gingrich, Member of the HACC Board of Trustees

Ms. Aziza Kasmi, Education Specialist, ESL, Office of Academic Affairs and Workforce Development

Dr. Marsha Krotseng, Member of the HACC Board of Trustees and Search Committee Chair

Mrs. Toni Sharp, HACC Board of Trustees Vice Chair

Mr. Don Sites, HACC Foundation Board Chair

FAQs

Dr. Ski is the longest-serving president in HACC’s history, becoming the College’s seventh president in July 2011. He has loved his tenure as HACC’s president and CEO and is looking forward to the next phase of his life.

At this time, we do not anticipate having an interim president. We are planning for a successful search and hope to have a successor named and announced before Dr. Ski retires.