The State Board of Regents will select the next president of North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega from  two finalists, officials announced Tuesday.

They are: Bonita Jacobs,  executive director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students at the University of North Texas, and Gerry St. Amand, vice president for university advancement at Northern Kentucky University.

The current college president, David Potter, is retiring. He has served as president since 2005.