TC3: Your Community’s College for 50 years and beyond

Dr. Amy Kremenek currently serves as the fifth president of Tompkins Cortland Community College, a two-year residential college of the State University of New York (SUNY) located in Dryden, New York. Appointed in 2022, she has focused her leadership on a four-part strategy of student enrollment and retention, institutional resources and assets, campus engagement and participation, and community partnerships and collaboration. The College currently serves approximately 5,000 credit students, with 11% growth in enrollment over the past three years.   

In 2022, Dr. Kremenek was named an Aspen New Presidents Fellow, one of just 26 community college presidents nationwide selected for the program by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. She is also a graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute of the League for Innovation in the Community College.

Prior to joining Tompkins Cortland, Dr. Kremenek served more than 15 years as Vice President at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York. Her leadership experience in higher education includes Enrollment Management, Workforce Development, Student Recruitment, Human Resources, Government Relations, Early College/Dual Enrollment Programs, Marketing, and Development/Alumni. Prior to her service in higher education, she worked in various professional roles in health care and public utilities.

Dr. Kremenek serves on the Board of Directors for the Cortland Business Development Corporation, the Ithaca Area Economic Development organization and the Tompkins Chamber of Commerce. She earned a Bachelor of Science from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship at Syracuse University, and a Doctorate of Management in Community College Policy and Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus.