Los Rios Community College District has named Torence Powell as its next chancellor.
The appointment makes Powell the first Black chancellor in the district’s history and comes as longtime leader Brian King prepares to retire in June.
Powell, one of three finalists for the position with Dr. Lisa Aguilera Lawrenson and Dr. Art Pimentel, joins a list of prominent Black figures in education leadership that includes UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, President Luke Wood at Sacramento State, Superintendent Lisa Allen at Sacramento City Unified, and Bishop Parnell Lovelace, who was named interim president of Jessup University this month…