Name: David Daigler
Job Title: President
Institution: Maine Community College System (ME)
Since: 2019
Previous Positions: Vice President and CFO, 2015-2018, Chief Financial Officer, 2003-2015, Maine Community College System.
Affiliations and/or Board: Maine State Chamber of Commerce (2025-Present); Maine Defense Industry Alliance Co-Chair and Founding Member (2024-Present); New England Board of Higher Ed Board of Delegates (2024-Present); New England Delta Dental Board of Directors (2019-Present); Foundation for MCCS Director (2019-Present); Finance Authority of Maine Board of Directors (2017-2025); Finance Authority of Maine, Chair (2020-2022); Alfond Scholars Board Directors (2018-Present).
State Engagement: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Dev. Advisory Council Member; (2025-Present); Maine AI Task Force Co-Chair (2025-Present);
State of Maine Economic 10-Year Plan Steering Committee (2019-Present); Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Maine Working Communities Challenge
Steering Committee (2020-2025).
Past AACC Conventions Attended: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Past AACC Professional Development Participation: Advocates in Action (2025); WDI – presenter (2025); Advocates in Action (2024).
Education: M.S., Finance, Boston College (1990); B.S., Economics, John Carroll University (1980).
Other: Commission to Study College Affordability and College Completion Member (2021); Institute for Civic Leadership Epsilon; Organizational Change Leadership, Harvard Graduate School (2022). My work with David Baime and the Maine delegation, especially Senator Collins, has deepened my interest and commitment to the work with AACC.