Myers McRae Recruits President for Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
June 10, 2025 – Macon, GA-based Myers McRae Executive Search and Consulting has assisted in the recruitment of Michelle Trawick as the new president of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College. She will officially assume the role July 31. “We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Trawick back to Kentucky,” said Ryan Quarles, president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. “As a first-generation college graduate with deep Kentucky roots, she brings not only a wealth of academic leadership but a personal understanding of the life-changing power of education. Her experience, vision and commitment to student success and workforce readiness will be invaluable to the community and the region it serves.”
Dr. Trawick currently serves as a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and previously held the role of John Becker Dean, professor of economics, for UNO’s College of Business Administration. Prior to her time at UNO, she spent nearly 20 years at WKU, where she advanced through faculty ranks to serve in leadership roles, including associate provost for faculty and academic excellence and associate dean for faculty and administration at the Gordon Ford College of Business.
Throughout her almost 30 years in higher education, Dr. Trawick has won numerous awards for teaching, research, and student advising, with almost half of that time in administration, advancing the success of students, faculty, and staff.
“Returning to Kentucky to lead Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is both a professional honor and a deeply personal milestone,” said Dr. Trawick. “As a first-generation college graduate from Logan County, I understand firsthand how education can open doors and transform lives. I am excited to work alongside the dedicated faculty, staff and business and community partners to expand opportunities for learner success and to help shape a workforce that meets the needs of this growing region.”
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public community college in Bowling Green, KY. It is an open-admissions college and a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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Myers McRae Executive Search and Consulting serves colleges, universities, independent schools, and other not-for-profit institutions. Nearly all of its search professionals have a minimum of 20 years of experience in higher education. The majority of the firm’s searches have been for presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice presidents, deans, and other senior academic and administrative leaders.
Kenny Daugherty is Myers McRae’s president. He has an extensive background in higher education administration, having served 28 years in public and independent institutions. Throughout his career in higher education, he had personnel responsibilities and served on numerous search committees for professional staff and administrators for the institution. Mr. Daugherty has conducted hundreds of searches for schools across the nation, including presidential searches for the University of Montana Western, Northwest Missouri State University, McDaniel College, Oakwood University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Pasco-Hernando State College, Pierpont Community and Technical College, Wichita Area Technical College, and the Georgia Independent College Association.
Florida A&M Search
Myers McRae is currently leading the search for Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University’s 13th president. The search is chaired by Deveron Gibbons, vice chair of the Florida A&M board of trustees, and will be guided by a presidential search committee that is representative of the broader university community and constituencies. The right candidate should have a proven track record of leadership, be a results-driven leader who can effectively attract and manage high quality talent to enable a high-performance culture, build consensus among stakeholders, and effectively respond to the evolving educational landscape.
Florida A&M is looking for a bold, innovative, inspirational, and strategic visionary who will be an unwavering champion for students and the programs that have driven the institution’s momentum. The ideal candidate will be a fiscally minded, results-driven leader who has the proven ability to drive strategic direction with the experience and ability to integrate with the external constituents of the university. They must inspire excellence in others and bring exceptional experience and enthusiasm for leadership within and beyond the walls of the institution.
Founded in 1887, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, located in Tallahassee, is the third oldest university in Florida’s State University System and is the state’s only public historically Black university. With an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students, FAMU ranks among the nation’s Top 100 public universities in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” ranking.
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