John Mosby has been named the next president of Highline College. The college’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously on the selection during a special meeting on Thursday morning.

Mosby, the vice president for student services at Mission College in Santa Clara, California, is expected to start in his new role at Highline in July.

“Our goal has been to find an open, inspirational leader who embodies and promotes the college’s values of diversity, access, equity and community and is a fit for the unique Highline culture and environment,” Debrena Jackson Gandy, chair of the five-member board, said in a media release. “We are confident that we found such a leader in Dr. Mosby.”

Mosby has more than 23 years of higher education experience and has a doctorate in leadership/higher education administration from the University of San Diego.

The selection follows a 10-month national search to fill the vacancy left by Jack Bermingham, who retired in August 2017 after more than a decade as president.

Jeff Wagnitz will continue to serve as interim president until Mosby assumes the post, after which Wagnitz will return full time to his previous role as a vice president.

More about Mosby, as well as information on the presidential search process, is available at highline.edu/john-mosby/.

Founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County, Highline today serves 17,000 students and is the most diverse higher education institution in the state, with more than 70 percent students of color.

Highline’s Board of Trustees is responsible for selecting and employing the college president. It is made up of community members from Highline’s service area of South King County: Dan Altmayer and Bob Roegner, both of Federal Way; Debrena Jackson Gandy, Des Moines; Fred Mendoza, Normandy Park; and Sili Savusa, White Center.