The contract is effective February 1 and extends through January 31 of 2020.
Elam was the former president of Ahoskie’s Roanoke-Chowan Community College.
The state community college board approved the local board’s decision to hire Elam last month.
(A copy of his contract is included as a PDF at the end of this story)
During his tenure he will steer the college amid challenges facing Northeastern North Carolina. “We need to get our region economically ready to go to work. We need to help position ourselves to draw business and industry back to Northeastern North Carolina,” he said in an interview when a candidate for the job. “I think that it’s important for us to be out there in the forefront doing what we can to help the community to grow and draw business and industry to the area.”
Terms of his contract include an annual salary of $138,254 plus a local supplement of $15,726 during each fiscal year of his employment.
The contract requires Elam to establish and maintain a residence within the college’s service area.
