UPDATE: Loyalist College Board Appoints New President & CEO

Belleville, Ontario, Feb. 22, 2023 – Pam Jolliffe, Chair of the Loyalist College Board of Governors, is pleased to announce that Mark Kirkpatrick has been appointed as the next President and CEO of Loyalist College, effective Mar. 1, 2023. Following an extensive Presidential search led by Knightsbridge Robertson Surette (KBRS), the appointment was approved unanimously by the Board of Governors.

“We are delighted to announce Mark Kirkpatrick’s appointment as the new President and CEO of Loyalist College,” said Chair Jolliffe. “After conducting an exhaustive search across Canada, the search committee believed Mark was the most qualified candidate and in the best position to make a positive and meaningful impact on Loyalist College going forward. He has led transformational change across the institution for the last 17 years, and is recognized as an approachable, consultative, and visionary leader with an unmatched ability to translate strategy and ideas into execution.” 

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At Loyalist College, we believe that small gives us the power to do big things. 

We are embarking on the search for a President & CEO who can help us harness the power of small, driving us to establish Loyalist as a Destination College that is responsive to the economic and social needs of our region while preparing our students for the jobs of the future. 

View the Position Profile – Loyalist College President & CEO

At Loyalist, we empower our students, faculty, staff, and partners through experiential, industry focused, cluster-based education, training, and applied research programs. Located on more than 200 acres in the beautiful Bay of Quinte region, the College is perfectly positioned between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. We are proud of our close-knit community where students and their success come first. 

Why Loyalist?

In an impersonal world of big lecture halls and stadium seating, we know our students by name and circumstance. Small frees us to provide one-on-one attention. It means our students feel like they matter. That they belong. Small means that we can move mountains to help every student succeed, confident in who they are and what they are capable of becoming. Because we’re small, we make a BIG difference. 

Vision

Loyalist College will be Ontario’s Destination College, known locally, nationally, and internationally as a deliberate choice of students, faculty, and staff, where their experiences are enabled by an engaged and supportive culture.

Mission

Loyalist College empowers students, faculty, staff, and partners through experiential, economic, cluster-based applied programs and research that provide career-ready graduates for, and knowledge transfer to, industry and the community.

 

Our Values

Caring

We attend to, and focus on the individual and collective success of our students, faculty, staff, and community by providing deep and broad supports.

Creative

We design customized solutions for the real-world challenges that face our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners.

Engaging

We build relationships by using all relevant communication channels to listen and respond to our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners.

Inclusive

We eliminate barriers to the full and meaningful participation of all our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners, in the activities of the College.

Accountable

We are each responsible for our individual actions and for contributing to the collective success of the College.

 

Strategic Plan 2025

Our Strategic Plan represents Loyalist College’s commitment to our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners. It is aimed at building the College’s capacity to support an ambitious delivery of innovative services and programming, while strengthening our ability to serve our community. 

 

Download the Strategic Plan

Position Profile – Loyalist College President and CEO

Review the Executive Brief for details about Loyalist College, the candidate profile and the selection process.

 

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Presidential Search Timeline

Presidential Search Advisory Committee

The Committee’s mandate is to conduct a broad, fair and effective recruitment process to attract a strong field of candidates for Loyalist College’s next President and CEO and to recommend a preferred candidate to the Board of Governors for approval. The committee includes representatives from key college constituencies including support staff, faculty and administrators as well as external members of the Board of Governors. Review the committee’s terms of reference.

Pam Jolliffe, Chair, Board of Governors and Chair, Presidential Search Committee 

Jim Pine, Outgoing Vice-Chair, Board of Governors 

Jennifer May-Anderson, Incoming Vice-Chair, Board of Governors

Josh Hill, External Governor, Board of Governors 

Julie Lange, External Governor, Board of Governors 

Amy Hoskin, Athletic Coordinator – Varsity Sports & Information and Internal Governor, Board of Governors 

Amanda Baskwill, Dean, School of Health, Human and Justice Studies 

Amy Harder, Senior Director, Business Development 

Terry Hickey, Professor and Program Coordinator, Supply Chain Management 

Presidential Search News