The Catskill Chronicle

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY (August 9, 2011) – Nick Speranza, Chair of the SUNY Sullivan Board of Trustees, announced that Dr. Mamie Howard-Golladay, whose tenure as president of SUNY Sullivan was to come to a close August 2012, will be retiring as of August 31, 2011. Dr. Golladay was named president of SUNY Sullivan in 1998.

“As the newly elected chair of the SUNY Sullivan Board of Trustees, and a colleague of Dr. Golladay,” said Speranza, “I prefer not to focus on her retirement, but on her accomplishments because therein lies her legacy. I would like to be the first to salute Dr. Golladay and on behalf of the college community, thank her for her years of unselfish service.”

Prior to becoming president of SUNY Sullivan, Dr. Golladay served as dean of the Division of Business, Science, Mathematics and Technology at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College in Maryland from 1994-1998. Preceding that, she was dean of the School of Health Sciences and Vocational Education at Mott Community College in Michigan for four years. In addition, she was the founding chair of the Department of Allied Health Education at Pensacola Junior College in Florida from 1978-1990. She also has held faculty appointments at colleges and universities in Alabama and Florida.

Dr. Golladay received her Ph.D. in administration in higher education from the University of Alabama (UA). In addition, she holds a master of science degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) and a master of arts degree in educational administration, also from UA. She has a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of South Alabama as well as an associate of science degree in nursing from Pensacola Junior College in Florida.

An interim president who will preside until a new president is chosen will be announced by Nick Speranza shortly.