SDCCD: Finalists For San Diego College Of Continuing Education President Named

Press release from San Diego Community College District:

February 3, 2022

The search for the next president of the San Diego College of Continuing Education
has been narrowed to three candidates with strong backgrounds in serving diverse and
low-income student populations.

The finalists include: Michelle Fischthal, D.B.A., Vice President of Instructional
Services, San Diego College of Continuing Education, San Diego Community College District;
Marsha Gable, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Services, Grossmont College, Grossmont-Cuyamaca
Community College District; and Tina King, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent/Vice President
of Student Affairs, Southwestern Community College District.

The finalists will participate in a virtual public forum from noon to 3 p.m. on February
16. Faculty, administrators, staff, students, and the public are invited to participate.
Dr. Fischthal will be inviewed from noon to 1 p.m., Dr. King from 1 to 2 p.m., and
Dr. Gable from 2 to 3 p.m.

The forums can be viewed on the College of Continuing Education's YouTube Channel.

Dr. Fischthal previously served as Dean of Institutional Effectiveness for the San
Diego College of Continuing Education. She earned a Doctor of Business Administration
from California Southern University; a Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership
from the University of San Diego; and Bachelor of Music from Queens College at City
University of New York.

Dr. Gable previously served as Interim President of Grossmont College and prior to
that at San Diego Miramar College. She was also Dean of Counseling Services at Cuyamaca
College. She earned a Doctor of Education at San Diego State University; a Master
of Arts in Sociological Practice from California State University San Marcos; and
a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from California State University San Marcos.

Dr. King previously served as Interim Dean of Student Services and Instruction and
Director of Institutional Research and Planning for North Orange Continuing Education
in Anaheim. She earned a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from California
State University, Fullerton; a Master of Arts in Education from the University of
Southern California; and a Multiple Subject Credential and a Bachelor of Arts, Liberal
Studies from California State University, Northridge.

The finalists were selected as part of a national search by the San Diego Community
College District (SDCCD) for a permanent replacement for Dr. Carlos O. Turner Cortez,
who was appointed district chancellor last spring. Kay Faulconer Boger, Ed.D., has
served as interim president since July. The district aims to make a final selection
and announce the new president later this spring.

With 40,000 students enrolled annually, the San Diego College of Continuing Education
is the largest noncredit institution in California and serves large populations of
the state's most vulnerable and underserved adult learners. In some cases, enrolled
students have dropped out of high school as teenagers and are coming back to school
for the first time, decades later. Others are immigrants, refugees, formerly incarcerated
or opportunity youth. Continuing Education is one of four colleges in the SDCCD, along
with City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges.

This press release was produced by San Diego Community College District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.