Job Details

President

Position Number: 6762740
Location: Red Wing, Minnesota
Position Type: Presidents and Chancellors

Minnesota State College Southeast seeks applications and nominations for their next president to lead with integrity, vision, and heart. This is an extraordinary opportunity to lead a highly valued, high-impact institution with campuses in Winona and Red Wing, Minnesota - two communities that embody collaboration, creativity, and regional vitality. Minnesota State College Southeast is an organization that is deeply committed to its mission, proud of its people, and poised for continued innovation and growth.

The next president will be a visionary, student-centered, and community-focused leader. The ideal candidate will embrace both the Red Wing and Winona communities as partners in advancing opportunity, equity, and economic vitality - building on the college's proud history and leading it boldly into the future.

This servant leader will bring an empowering leadership style that inspires collaboration and transparency, while advancing academic excellence, workforce innovation, and equity. The president reports directly to the Minnesota State chancellor.

Minnesota State College Southeast is a small rural college with campuses in Red Wing and Winona, historic small towns located in the beautiful Mississippi River valley bluff country. The college's primary service region encompasses southeast Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa along a corridor stretching from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Decorah, Iowa. The two campuses have distinctive characteristics but are one college in administration, structure, policies, procedures, and mission.

The Red Wing campus, influenced by the region's historic maker culture, is best known for its signature programs in Band Instrument Repair, Violin Repair, and Guitar Repair & Building, unique programs which bring students to Minnesota from all over the country and even around the world. More than 30% of these students already have bachelor's degrees or higher, yet come to a two-year institution for technical training in a highly specialized craft.

The Red Wing campus' Mechatronics program also benefits from the recent creation of two state-of-the-art engineering classrooms at nearby Red Wing High School, courtesy of a partnership with 3M and Heart of America.

In Winona, the focus is on technology, especially providing education for high-wage, high-demand occupations, in Advanced Manufacturing, Business and Management.

The Norris P. Abts Transportation Center is a state-of-the-art facility housing Truck Driving, Auto Body Collision Technology, and Automotive Technology.

The Winona campus houses many other hands-on programs, including Bio-medical Equipment Technology, CNC Machine Tool, Construction Technology, Cosmetology, Electronics, Information Technology, Radiography, and Welding Technology.

Both campuses offer Practical and Associate Degree nursing training with on-site simulation centers and a wide range of majors and transfer degrees. And with more than 33.5% of credits being earned online, the college's impact on higher education extends far beyond its regional borders.

At Minnesota State, we provide the opportunity for all Minnesotans to create a better future for themselves, for their families, and for their communities.

With 26 community and technical colleges and seven state universities on 54 campuses, Minnesota State serves nearly two-thirds of the entire state's undergraduate student population, and we serve more Black, Indigenous, and students of color than all higher education providers in the state, combined.

We are committed to equitable outcomes for all our students, and in 2019 committed to eliminating educational equity gaps at every Minnesota State college and university by the year 2030. Achieving this goal, called Equity 2030, is a moral imperative, and an economic imperative for our state as our population continues to grow more diverse, and will ensure Minnesota has the workforce it needs for generations to come. We are working toward meeting our Equity 2030 goal through hard work, robust data analysis, programs to improve outcomes for all students, and partnerships with community organizations, employers, and the state legislature.

The successful candidate will have the ability to lead in an innovative, data-driven environment and encourage out-of-the-box thinking. Demonstrated fundraising ability and building relationships with key stakeholders. A record of building public/private partnerships between education and business and industry, government entities, and philanthropic and community organization. The next President will have a willingness to work with K-12 systems and other Minnesota State colleges and universities. An earned doctorate is preferred, but not required.

HOW TO APPLY:

The search will be conducted with a commitment of confidentiality of candidates until finalists are selected. For full consideration, applications should be submitted no later than January 5, 2026. The position will remain open until it is filled.

To apply go to http://www.acctsearches.org and upload the required documents.

Applicants should submit a letter of application (max 5 pages) addressing the opportunities and challenges in this profile, demonstrating their vision, relevant experience, and strategies to address these priorities.

Applicants should submit a current resume (with email and cell), and

Eight references: 2-3 supervisors, 2-3 direct reports, and 2-3 faculty/staff from current or previous institutions. Each reference should include name, title, organization, phone, and email.

For additional information, nominations, or confidential inquiries, please contact:
Jack Daniels, Ph.D, Search Consultant, ACCT, jedaniels30608@gmail.com or (217) 415-1950.

To learn more about Minnesota State College Southeast, please visit southeastmn.edu

Minnesota State is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator.

To learn more about Minnesota State, please visit MinnState.edu