The Board of Regents for Higher Education unanimously voted to select Joe Bertolino as the 12th president of Southern Connecticut State University. A Board of Regents search committee recommended Bertolino among three finalists after a five-month long nationwide search.
Bertolino is currently the president of Lyndon State College in Vermont and special assistant to the Chancellor for System Integration and Related Efforts at the Vermont State Colleges. He replaces Dr. Mary Papazian who resigned July 1. He will begin Aug. 22, 2016 at an annual salary of $294,700.
According to his official bio, Bertolini was in his fourth year as president of Lyndon State College. Prior to his arrival there, Bertolino served as vice president for enrollment management and student affairs and associate professor of student personnel at Queens College/City University of New York from 2004-2012.
Bertolino has a Doctor of Education in higher-ed administration and leadership development from Columbia University and a Master’s in Social Work from Rutgers University.
