Long Beach City College announced yesterday in an email to all students and faculty from The Board of Trustees President, Uduak Joe-Ntuk, that Mike Muñoz, currently the Vice President of Student Services, will take over as Superintendent-President as of March 14, 2021.
Current Superintendent-President, Lou Ann Bynum, did not come to a mutual agreement with the Board of Trustees regarding the extension of her contract, which is set to expire on March 13, 2021.
At today’s special Board of Trustees meeting, two interim appointments will be made. The first is naming Muñoz as the new LBCCD Interim Superintendent-President. His start date will be March 14, 2021 and his contract ends on June 30, 2021.
The second appointment is naming Student Support Services Dr. Nohel Corral as the Interim Vice President of Student Services. His contract will end on June 30, 2021.
“Dr. Muñoz has been instrumental in our work so far in advancing racial equity work at the College as Co-Chair of the President’s Taskforce on Race & Equity, and serves as the lead Administrator for the College’s Framework for Reconciliation. His team has taken the lead on increasing representation and celebrating our diverse campus community through programming including LBCC’s Heritage Month events and the Preferred Name policy,” said Ntuk in the announcement email.
Lastly, the Board of Trustees has decided to suspend the permanent Superintendent-President search for now and will resume next year. Ntuk said, “We want to ensure that we have enough time to find the absolute best final candidate for Long Beach City College. Because that’s what you, our students, faculty, classified and managers, all deserve — the best.”