Chief Executive Officers

Orrin G. Thompson, 1949–1966
District U–46 Superintendent

Charles Evans, 1949–1950
Dean of ECC

Gilbert I. Renner,
Dean of ECC, 1950–1966
ECC President, 1966–1971

Robert L. Appel, 1971–1975
ECC President

Mark L. Hopkins, EdD, 1975–1982
ECC President

Searle F. Charles, PhD, 1982–1987
ECC President

Paul R. Heath, EdD, 1987–1994
ECC President

Roy Flores, PhD, 1994–1998
ECC President

Michael S. Shirley, PhD, 1998–2006
ECC President

David Sam, PhD, JD, LLM, 2007 –
ECC President