In his 11th year of stewardship, Madison College President Jack E. Daniels III has announced he will retire in June 2024. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Madison College District Board on Oct. 4.
Daniels came to Madison College in 2013 from Los Angeles Southwest College and quickly became a leader in the community as well as at the college. He has served area nonprofits and the business community and worked with multiple organizations, while cementing Madison College’s role as a catalyst for economic and workforce development.
Among his accomplishments are the vision for and creation of Madison College’s Goodman South Campus and the coalition of area leaders he assembled to execute that vision of intentionally serving and supporting the south Madison community. His leadership was also instrumental in instituting the college’s shared governance model and philosophy for participatory decision-making practices. He worked with college leadership to expand program and apprenticeship offerings, craft new curricula to meet the needs of a changing workforce, and institute numerous new transfer agreements with four-year colleges and universities.
Under his leadership, the number of students of color served by Madison College increased from 22% to 35% over the past decade. Since 2015, full-time staff of color has grown 44%, and the number of full-time managers of color has grown 45%. Additionally, Black full-time faculty has grown 20%, and Latino full-time faculty has grown 15%.
Madison College will be launching a national search for Daniels’ replacement in the coming weeks.
