Superintendent-President of Long Beach City College, Reagan Romali has become a presidential finalist at another “LBCC,” Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon, according to a recent article in the Gazette Times.
Linn-Benton Community College was established in 1966 as a two-year institution offering a multitude of courses, transfer programs, career technical training and more to students.
Compared to an average of 28,000 students in attendance at Long Beach City College, Linn-Benton Community College serves an average of 18,000 students annually.
Greg Hamann has been president at Linn-Benton Community College for the past 10 years to date and announced his retirement date for June 30, 2020, with a goal of having a newly elected president to start on July 1, 2020.
Romali is one of three candidates that are being considered for the president position.
Lisa Avery, campus president of Portland Community College, and David Hinds, president of Victoria College in Victoria, Texas, are also in the run for presidential candidacy.
Within the previous year of Romali’s career, she was also one of four presidential finalists for consideration at Miami Dade College, in Miami, Florida.
Romali has held the superintendent-president position at Long Beach City College since May 2017.
She has declined to comment about her candidacy for president at Linn-Benton Community College.