Dr. Dale Nesbary

Dale K. Nesbary, Ph.D. serves as Interim Executive Director of University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland,  one of three regional centers and 12 universities comprising the University System of Maryland.  He served 13 years as  President of Muskegon Community College during which time the College was twice named best community college in Michigan - a first in its then 96 year history. Previously, he served as Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs and Full Professor of Political Science at Adrian College and as Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at Oakland University and in various leadership positions with the City of Boston, the Boston Police Department, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency. He led multiple accreditation, strategic planning, and technology process redesign initiatives, and governance transitions.

He has presented on hundreds of occasions and published three books and over 30 academic/refereed papers. He earned a Ph.D. in Law, Policy and Society from Northeastern University, an MPA degree from Western Michigan University and a BA degree from Michigan State University. He served on the Center for Community College Student Engagement Board, the American Council of Education Fellows Executive Board and numerous others nationwide. He is an accomplished jazz and orchestral trombonist, having been a contract musician his entire adult life. He resides in Newburg,  Maryland with Connie Nesbary, his beautiful wife of 46 years, and is the proud father of two adult children, Nicole and Matthew.