Green River College’s board of trustees voted to terminate President Suzanne Johnson’s contract after the college reported a multi‑million dollar budget shortfall that triggered campuswide cuts. The board did not publicly cite a specific cause for the termination; trustees named Vice President of College Relations George Frasier as interim president. Johnson had enacted a hiring freeze and a 5% reduction across divisions as the college worked to close a projected $14.2 million deficit. Faculty critics said Johnson’s response was too slow and insufficiently transparent; trustees praised her prior pandemic leadership and expansion of degree offerings but acted before a planned no‑confidence vote. Why it matters: leadership turnover in the middle of fiscal recovery raises operational risk for community colleges already contending with enrollment declines and constrained state funding. Interim leadership and board decisions will determine whether the institution sustains enrollment, finishes its balancing plan, and preserves bargaining relations with faculty.