President, RCCC
Carol S. Spalding, Ed.D., became the third president of
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) on
August 11, 2008.
Dr. Spalding served as the Open Campus president of Florida Community College at Jacksonville from 1988 until coming to RCCC. She also served as the president of the FCCJ Downtown Campus from 1998-2001 and as FCCJ interim college president in 1997.
Her other college leadership experience includes serving as the first dean of the Open Campus, director of continuing education, and instructor of management at FCCJ, and as an instructor at Webster University.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and a master’s degree in human resources management from Pepperdine University in Santa Ana, California. She earned a doctorate in education from Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Spalding’s leadership extends into the local and national arena. She was president of many boards in Jacksonville, president of the international Community Leadership Association, and served on the board of the American Association of Community Colleges,
where she was chair of the Economic Development Commission.
She is married to Francis Koster, Ed.D., a health care administrator, alternative energy expert and father of three grown sons and one daughter. Spalding and Koster reside in Kannapolis, N.C.
