Kristine Young to lead SUNY Orange as president

The SUNY Orange board of trustees announced the hiring of Kristine M. Young earlier this week as the school”™s new president. Young replaces William Richards, who was in the position for 11 years and will retire this summer.

Kristine M. Young

For the last 17 years, Young has been with Parkland College, a community college in Champaign, Ill., where she most recently served as vice president for academic services. She started there in 1998 as a chemistry instructor.

The national search for Richards”™ replacement started in October, according to a statement from SUNY Orange.

Young will officially assume her post June 8. She will be at the helm for the beginning of a new, five-year strategic plan that the college’s trustees are forming.

During her tenure at Parkland, Young helped create two strategic plans for the college, co-created a dual-enrollment program with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and helped establish a dual-credit technical education program with high schools in the area.

Young will live in Goshen, which is minutes from the school”™s campus in Middletown.