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VALLEY GLEN, CA— Los Angeles
Valley College has selected Dr. Sue Carleo to serve as
Interim President. She will assume the position from June
1 through December 20, 2008. The search for a permanent
College President will begin this summer, with an anticipated
start date of January 1, 2009. Dr. Carleo will replace
Dr. Tyree Wieder who is retiring this June.
Dr. Carleo has more than 30 years
of experience in the field of education. Since December
2002, she has served as the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor
of Human Resources for the Los Angeles Community College
District (LACCD). Prior to that, she served for six years
as Los Angeles Valley College’s Vice President of
Academic Affairs. She has also worked at the college as
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Business,
Labor and Education, and as Department Chair and Professor
of the Family and Consumer Studies department. In addition,
she has worked at Los Angeles Harbor College as Dean, Associate
Dean and Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs and
at New York’s Schenectady County Community College
as Dean of Academic Affairs.
“I’m very excited to
welcome Sue Carleo back to Los Angeles Valley College in
this interim position,” said President Wieder. “Her
extensive experience in working with community college
faculty and the business community, coupled with her 17
years of experience at Valley College, will be a tremendous
asset to the college.”
Carleo received a doctorate in
education from University of California, Los Angeles, and
she earned her master’s of science and bachelor’s
of arts degrees from San Diego State University.
Los Angeles Valley College, which
has 17,000 students, is located in the eastern San Fernando
Valley. It serves the surrounding communities of Van Nuys,
North Hollywood, Valley Village, Studio City, Sherman Oaks,
Encino, Lake Balboa, Pacoima, Panorama City, Sun Valley
and Burbank.
