Dr. Helen Benjamin to serve as interim Superintendent/President of SBCC
July 14, 2021
Dr. Helen Benjamin to serve as interim Superintendent/President of SBCC
At its July 14 board retreat, the SBCC Board of Trustees announced a board motion
to appoint Dr. Helen Benjamin as interim Superintendent/President pending final approval
at the July 22 board meeting. The appointment is for six weeks. Dr. Benjamin came
out of retirement and previously served as interim Superintendent/President at SBCC
for several months in the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2019. She will do so again in
the same capacity.
Dr. Benjamin was chancellor of the Contra Costa Community College District from 2005
until her retirement in December 2016. She began her career at the District in 1990
when she joined Los Medanos College as dean of language arts and humanistic studies
and related occupations, and has held progressively higher-level positions, including
District vice chancellor, educational programs and services; interim president of
Los Medanos College; and president of Contra Costa College.
Dr. Benjamin has a Bachelor of Science in English and Spanish from Bishop College
in Texas where she graduated magna cum laude, and she earned her master’s and doctoral
degrees from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas.