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.
Updates on search progress will be shared with the HACC community via emails and through this website.
Communications and News
Update #4 - May 13, 2025
The Board of Trustees of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, took no action about the HACC presidential search during its meeting on May 13, 2025. Instead, action about the HACC presidential search will be taken at the next Board of Trustees meeting in June 2025.
Update #3 - March 6, 2025
The HACC Presidential Search Committee received access to candidate materials in early February and reviewed and evaluated all 81 candidates who applied. This has led to the selection of three finalists, who have been invited to interview on our campuses during the weeks of March 17 and March 24. We will have preliminary schedules finalized soon. Please be on the lookout for your opportunity to (1) meet and listen to the candidates and (2) complete a survey for each candidate that will provide feedback to the HACC Board of Trustees.
Update #2 - Jan. 14, 2025
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.
Update #1 - Jan. 13, 2025
HACC Launches Search for College’s Eighth President
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.