FeRita Carter, Ph.D., vice president of Student Services at Riverside City College, was selected as interim president at Moreno Valley College, replacing Robin Steinback, Ph.D., who retired after serving as the College’s fourth president. The District will launch a recruitment for the College’s fifth president within the next 12 months.

 

Carter has 30 years of higher education experience. Her selection to serve as interim president marks the second time she has been tasked with such an assignment in the District. In October of 2022, Carter was asked to serve as interim president at Riverside City College while the District recruited for the College’s 13^th president.

It was July of 2016 when Carter was hired as vice president of Student Services at Riverside City College. Prior to her arrival at Riverside City College, Carter held senior-level administrative positions at Mississippi Valley State University (vice president, Student Affairs, and special assistant to the president/director of Title III Programs). At Voorhees College, Carter served as vice president for Student Affairs; and vice president for Institutional Advancement, director for Title III programs, and coordinated the pre-award activities in the Sponsored Programs office. She also taught political science at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC as well as served as dean for the School of Business and Technology.

 

At Riverside City College she has led the Student Services division, constructing an infrastructure that supports student success and developing programs resulting in inclusiveness and equitable learning environments.

 

Born in Montgomery, AL, Carter earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering and a certificate in health systems from Georgia Institute of Technology. She went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University.