Susan Huard, who retired in December, will succeed Russ Gittell, an economist who last month was named president of Bryant University in Rhode Island.
Susan Huard, who retired in December, will succeed Russ Gittell, an economist who last month was named president of Bryant University in Rhode Island. Credit: —Courtesy

The recently retired president of Manchester Community College will serve as interim chancellor of New Hampshire’s community college system after its current leader departs to become a college president.

Susan Huard, who retired in December, will succeed Russ Gittell, an economist who last month was named president of Bryant University in Rhode Island. Gittell has been chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire since 2012.

The system’s board of trustees also named Brian Bicknell president of Manchester Community College, effective immediately.