Southwestern Michigan College has a new interim college president.

The Board of Trustees at the college has named Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Brent Brewer as the interim president. Current President Joe Odenwald announced last week that he is leaving to assume the presidency of Alma College in June.

Brewer will take on his new role at SMC on May 11, after spending 16 years at the college that included time as the Director of Enrollment Management and as Director of the Niles Campus.