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Peralta Selects Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson as New Chancellor

The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees announced on Halloween that Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson as their choice to be the next permanent Chancellor of the district, beginning in January 2024, pending contract negotiation and approval.

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The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees announced on Halloween that Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson as their choice to be the next permanent Chancellor of the district, beginning in January 2024, pending contract negotiation and approval. Dr. Gilkerson is the first ever Asian American woman to be PCCD chancellor; also she’s the 5th woman, and 5th woman of color in a row, to be Chancellor at Peralta Community College District.

At present, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson serves as the president of Evergreen Valley College in San José, CA, where she has worked since 2020. The Peralta Community College District Chancellor job represents a return to the Peralta Colleges for Dr. Gilkerson, as she was previously the president of Laney College from 2017 to 2020. She will follow Dr. Jannett N. Jackson, Interim Chancellor since April 2021, who will step down at the end of this year.

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