Finalists
Dr. Samuel (Todd) Brand
Dr. Brand is the current chief academic officer at Ashland Community & Technical College in Ashland, Kentucky. Prior to his position at Ashland, he was the arts/communications division chair from 2006-2019 at Meridian Community College in Mississippi, where he also served as the arts & letters series director from 2014-2019. Brand holds a Ph.D. from Mississippi State University, a Master of Science in Communications, and a Bachelor of Science from Mississippi College.
Mr. Greg Dart
Mr. Dart has been the chief campus administrator at Utah State University Eastern
in Price, Utah since 2018. Prior to that, he served as vice chancellor of student
affairs & enrollment management from 2014-2018, and the director of enrollment services
from 2012-2013. Dart has also held roles as the vice president for student services
at Zane State college in Ohio; the director of admissions, scholarships, and communications,
and associate professor of communications, both at Snow College in Utah. Dart is finalizing
his doctorate of education at Northeastern University, with all but his dissertation
complete. He also has a Master of Education in Instructional Technology from Utah
State University, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Communications from
the University of Alaska-Anchorage, and an Associate of Science from Snow College.
Dr. George McNulty
Dr. McNulty has been the president of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan
since 2019. He previously served as the vice president of student affairs at Colby
Community College in Kansas for six years, as well as the college's acting Title IX
coordinator during the same time. He has held a variety of roles at higher education
institutions including positions as an interim director of financial assistance, coordinator
of retention/counselor, student-athlete advisor, Phi Theta Kappa co-advisor, and academic
advisor, among others. He also served in the U.S. Army, active duty from 1988-1991.
McNulty holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and a Master of Arts in Counseling
and Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno, a Bachelor of Arts
in Physical Education from California State University, Chico, and two associate's
degrees from Feather River College in Quincy, California.