David Bergh, who has served as the university’s president since 2023, plans to end his nearly 30-year career in higher education in June 2026.
This story was originally published by Izzy Wagner of VTDigger on May 29, 2025.
Vermont State University President David Bergh announced Thursday that he plans to retire after the 2025-26 academic year when his current contract ends.
Bergh was tapped in November 2023 to be the university’s second interim president while the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees sought a permanent replacement for former president Parwinder Grewal, who resigned in April of the same year.
Bergh became the full-time president of the five consolidated state college campuses after the board of trustees extended his contract through 2026. His retirement coincides with the conclusion of the university’s multiyear effort to stabilize the institution during its transition from five distinct colleges to one unified system.
“It has been an incredible honor to serve as president of VTSU, which has in many ways been a full circle professional opportunity,” Bergh said in a Thursday press release from the university system.
