President of Chabot Community College

Dr. Susan Sperling is president of Chabot Community College. She was appointed in 2012 by the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees to lead the college, after a nationwide search. She is the ninth president in the college’s 50-year history. 

Dr. Sperling is a former dean of social sciences and 25-year veteran administrator and educator at the college. During her 25-year career at Chabot College and the Chabot-Las Positas District, she served in a variety of capacities including faculty member, faculty leader, administrator and community liaison, and as Faculty Association President.

Dr. Sperling's tenure as president has featured newly negotiated college funding partnerships with the private and public sectors; projects to expand the range of diversity in the college’s service area; and programs focusing on cultural diversity, social justice, civic engagement and environmental justice.

Dr. Sperling's practical field is as an anthropologist. She has researched and published widely and presented nationally on topics including animal rights, the history of evolutionary science, and gender and race issues. She is a multiple National Institute of Health and National Endowment for the Humanities research grant awardee, and is the recipient of the Reed L. Buffington Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Sperling earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.

She will deliver a presentation of current activities at the campus and her vision for the future of Hayward's beloved, nationally celebrated community college.

Presiding on 2/22: President-Elect Sean Reinhart

​Also on 2/22: New Rotarian Dr. Carla Walter, of Chabot College, delivers her Vocational Talk.