LAS VEGAS -- A committee of the Nevada Board of Regents today selected 11 candidates for consideration as the next president for the Community College of Southern Nevada. The Regents' ad hoc CCSN Presidential Search Committee, which is chaired by Doug Seastrand of Las Vegas, announced today that the following candidates have been selected for further consideration:

• Dr. Robert A. Anderson, President, Colorado Northwestern Community College (Rangely, Colorado)
• Dr. Richard G. Carpenter, President, Calhoun Community College (Decatur, Alabama)
• Dr. Marjorie Carson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Salt Lake Community College (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Dr. Jack E. Daniels, President, Central College, Houston Community College System (Houston, Texas)
• Dr. Grace Sawyer Jones, President, College of Eastern Utah (Price, Utah)
• Dr. E. Timothy Lightfield, President, Horry-Georgetown Technical College (Conway, South Carolina)
• Dr. Debra L. McCurdy, Provost, Georgia Perimeter College (Decatur, Georgia)
• Dr. Shirley A. Reed, President, South Texas Community College (McAllen, Texas)
• Dr. Ronald Remington, President, Great Basin College (Elko, Nevada)
• Dr. Diana Sloane, Vice Chancellor, Education and Technology Los Rios Community College District (Sacramento, California)
• Dr. Mary S. Spangler, President, Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, California)

The 19-member joint committee, which consists of a seven-member Regents' committee and a 13-member institutional advisory committee, met today to review the list of 11 candidates presented by Narcisa Polonio, a search consultant for the Association of Community College Trustees.

In addition to Seastrand, members of the Board committee include Regents Jill Derby, Thalia Dondero (ex-officio), Linda Howard, Howard Rosenberg, Steve Sisolak and Tom Wiesner.

The Regents' committee, which began the search process in March 2000, will meet again on May 11 to review references and qualifications before selecting finalists.

For nearly 30 years, the Community College of Southern Nevada has educated the work force that is the foundation of the region's dynamic economic development. Featuring three main campuses and 50 academic centers in four counties, CCSN enrolls more than 35,000 students in 70 career programs--nearly equal to the combined student body of Nevada's two universities.