The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Board of Trustees has named a familiar face as its interim President.
Dave Dahms, who had been Acting President since last fall, has now been appointed NICC’s Interim President. Dahm has been with NICC since 2015, when he became Vice President of Finance and Administration.
Dahms will serve in the Interim President role for a maximum of two years with a salary of $260,000 in his first year.
Dahms was named Acting President in October 2023 when then-President Herbert Riedel was placed on administrative leave. Riedel contested his proposed termination, but a judge ruled in May that the college was justified in its actions. According to NICC, “The grounds asserted for just cause termination included failure to make satisfactory improvement in areas of expectations identified in the evaluation and performance action plan.”
Riedel is still appealing the board’s decision to discontinue his contract, originally set to end June 30, 2025. According to court documents filed July 30, Riedel is alleging that the board violated his “substantial rights” and requests he be reinstated as president under the terms of his original contract and award him damages for lost wages, benefits and other damages.
