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SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Seventh President of
Jefferson Community College
Published: June 06, 2023 at
04:30 p.m.
By: Press Release from Jefferson Community College
NEWS
RELEASE
SUNY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES APPOINTS DANIEL J. DUPEE, II
AS SEVENTH PRESIDENT
OF JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 Albany, NY -- At its June 6, 2023
meeting, the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees
appointed Dr. Daniel J. Dupee, II, as the seventh
president of Jefferson Community College. Dr. Dupee was
selected by the Jefferson Community College Board of Trustees in March and
forwarded to the SUNY Board of Trustees for the final phase of the
interview and appointment process.
He has served as Jefferson’s Administrator-in-Charge since June 2022
and, prior to that appointment, he was the College’s Executive Vice
President of Administration, Finance and Enrollment Services. Dr. Dupee’s tenure as College President begins June 7,
2023.
Dr. Dupee brings a breadth of professional experience in
the higher education, p-12 education and
for-profit sectors. He has spent the
last 16 years of his career in progressive leadership roles at Jefferson
Community College. Prior to joining Jefferson, Dr. Dupee
worked in the private sector for National Grid and the Carrier Corporation
in the accounting and finance areas, and also for the
Mexico Academy & Central School as executive director of management
services. Additionally, he has classroom experience gained as an adjunct instructor
for SUNY Potsdam, LeMoyne College, Columbia
College and Jefferson Community College.
Strategic partnerships with community organizations and other
educational institutions are at the core of Dr. Dupee’s
management approach. He places great emphasis on serving students well,
most notably in streamlining processes to remove barriers and improve
access to education.
“Dr. Dupee established himself as a campus leader soon after
joining Jefferson in 2007,” said Jefferson Board of Trustees chair and
search committee co-chair Judith L. Gentner. “He
brings not only great strength in fiscal management, but also experience in
nearly all facets of the institution from enrollment services to student
support services and academic programming, to infrastructure and facilities
management. That breadth of professional expertise, in combination with his
strategic planning abilities, community partnerships and deep belief in the
mission of community colleges, makes Dr. Dupee an
excellent selection as College president.”
“I am honored and humbled to be selected as President
of Jefferson Community College,” said Dr. Dupee.
“As a community college graduate myself, I truly understand the mission of
community colleges and how they transform lives through education and drive
economic development in the community. It is a privilege to work alongside
our dedicated faculty, staff and administration
each and every day to carry out Jefferson’s mission to educate, inspire and
empower our students and the community. Jefferson is often referred to as
the ‘jewel of the North Country’ and I look forward to continuing and
strengthening that legacy.”
“As SUNY moves
forward with the four pillars of our vision—student success; research and
scholarship; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and economic development and
upward mobility for our students—our campus leadership is crucial to
fulfilling our promise to transform SUNY into the best public higher
education system for our students, faculty, and staff,” said SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr.
“My congratulations to Jefferson Community College.”
The Jefferson
Board of Trustees began the search for Jefferson’s seventh president in September
2022, following the resignation in June 2022 of Dr. Ty Stone who served as
president since July 2017. The Trustees hired search consultant R.H. Perry
& Associates to assist in the 7-month search process that culminated in
four finalists visiting the Jefferson campus during the weeks of March 13
and March 20.
“The search
process attracted an excellent and diverse pool of more than forty candidates
from across the country,” said Trustee and search committee co-chair Nathan
P. Hunter. “The search committee did an outstanding job in narrowing the
pool to eight semifinalists and then to four finalists who were forwarded
to the Board of Trustees and invited to visit campus.”
Dr. Dupee holds a doctorate in higher education administration
from Northeastern University, a certificate of advanced study in educational
leadership from LeMoyne College, master’s and
bachelor’s degrees in business administration from Columbia College, and an
associate’s in humanities and social sciences from
Onondaga Community College. In
addition, he completed the League for Innovation Executive Leadership
Institute in 2019, the SUNY Executive Leadership program in 2013, and the
Jefferson Leadership Institute in 2012. A North Country native, Dr. Dupee is also a graduate of Watertown (NY) High
School. Dr. Dupee
was named one of Northern New York’s 20 under 40 Emerging Leaders in 2011 by
NNY Business magazine.
Dr. Dupee first joined Jefferson in 2007 as the College’s
comptroller. In addition to overseeing financial operations, Dr. Dupee led the implementation of the student accounts
receivable and payroll modules in the College’s enterprise resources
planning (ERP) system resulting in tremendous workflow efficiencies. In
2010 he was promoted to Vice President for Administration and Finance. In
this role, Dr. Dupee served as chief financial
officer and College Treasurer, with primary oversight of the College’s $25
million operating budget.
Additionally, he supervised the purchasing, institutional
technology, facilities, and human resources departments and added
enrollment services in 2018. In 2021,
Dr. Dupee was promoted to Executive Vice President
(EVP) of Administration, Finance and Enrollment Services. At various times during
his sixteen year tenure at Jefferson, Dr. Dupee has supervised institutional research, campus
safety and security, student affairs, auxiliary services, marketing, and athletics,
playing a pivotal role in the addition of a turf field to campus. In
addition, he served as interim executive director of the JCC Foundation for
a 9-month transitional period, served as the College’s Affirmative Action
Officer for nine years, and was appointed the College’s first Chief Diversity
Officer (CDO). As CDO from
2016-2022, Dr. Dupee was instrumental in
developing the College’s first Diversity Plan and infusing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming across student
events and co-curricular activities.
During his
tenure, Dr. Dupee’s range of accomplishments is
diverse. He managed a $14 million project to renovate the Gregor Building
and construct the new Collaborative Learning Center, identified and secured
funding for an energy performance contract which decreased utility
expenses, oversaw the development of the Strategic Enrollment Plan,
collaborated with BOCES to identify and implement a “no-cost approach” to
JCC’s concurrent enrollment program with area high schools, was part of six
successful collective bargaining negotiations, worked with the College’s
sponsor to secure $7 million in capital funding, facilitated long-range
department-level plans to support the College’s five year strategic plan,
and secured $25 million in tax-exempt bond financing for construction of
the residence hall and then established initial operations for East Hall. In the midst of the pandemic, Dr. Dupee
coordinated with community partners and managed all logistics related to
hosting COVID vaccine clinics on campus. On a temporary and concurrent
basis, he assisted Finger Lakes Community College as interim vice president
for administration and finance as Finger Lakes transitioned to new
leadership. Most recently, Dr. Dupee was one of four SUNY presidents selected to work
on community college enrollment initiatives with the SUNY Deputy to the
Chancellor for Enrollment. With
local workforce needs at the forefront, he has spearheaded a partnership
with three community colleges to bring a surgical technology program to
campus for the fall 2023 semester and is finalizing plans with Monroe Community
College to bring a dental hygiene program to the North Country in 2024.
Dr. Dupee is a member of the NYS Community
College Business Officers Association (CCBOA) and served as the
organization’s president for three years. He currently serves on the
Faculty Student Association (FSA) Board of Directors and served three years
as president, the Jefferson Faculty Student Association Auxiliary Board of
Managers, and Center for Community Studies Advisory Board. He previously
served for twelve years on the JCC Foundation Board of Directors, SUNY
Joint Committee on Recharge Model for Core University Services and SUNY’s
Student Information and Campus Administrative System Center Executive
Committee.
Locally, Dr. Dupee supports numerous community organizations and
currently serves on the board of directors for the North Country Family
Health Center. He previously served nine years on the General Brown Central
School District Board including five years as vice president, and five
years on the Jefferson County Historical Society Board of Directors with
four years as treasurer.
Dr. Dupee and his wife, Krista, who is a special education
teacher at Dexter Elementary, have two daughters. Emma attends Jefferson Community College
and Lily is graduating high school later this month. The Dupee
family resides in Dexter.
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About Jefferson: Established
on November 7, 1961, Jefferson Community College was the area’s first
institution of higher education. Supervised by the State University of New
York (SUNY), Jefferson offers 50+ associate degrees, certificates and microcredentials for career preparation or
transfer; local access to bachelor’s and advanced degrees through
partner institutions; lifelong learning through workshops and seminars;
business and industry training; and provides community-based research and a
forum for the productive discussion of ideas and issues of significance to
the community through the Center for Community Studies. Jefferson is
accredited by the Middle States Association and currently serves
approximately 2,500 students, including a significant number of service
members and their families.
Please visit www.sunyjefferson.edu for more information.
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