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 Board of Trustees

Trustees

Mike Blakely
Appointed January 2005.  A 35 year Grant County resident.  Retired Vocational Agriculture and Diversified Occupations Teacher.  Established the Quincy Diversified Occupations Program.  B.S. Degree, Technical Agriculture, WSU;  M.S. Agricultural Education, WSU;  awarded Honorary American Farmer Degree.  Board member and former President of Columbia Basin Sheep Producers Association; former member of State Agriculture Education Task Force; D.O. State Board member; board member Northwest Jr. Sheep Exposition;  former member of Mountain View Elementary School Site Council; Member of Quincy School District Safety and Discipline Committee.

Katherine Kenison
Appointed January 1999.  J.D. University of Puget Sound School of Law; B.A. Anthropology, Pomona College.  Attorney and partner with Lemargie, Kenison, Wyman and Whitaker Law Firm.  Former board member of Our Place Center for Victims of Domestic Violence; served as vice president of Grant-Adams County Peace Officers Association.

Angela Pixton
Appointed October 2008.  Eastern Washington University BS in Nursing.  Farms potatoes, grain corn, wheat, beans and hay with her husband in Warden.  Board member of the State of Washington Potato Committee, first female grower commissioner of the Washington State Potato Commission. Advisor member of Grant County Farm Service Agency. 

Felix Ramon
Appointed February 1994.  Retired Grant County Sheriff, former community corrections officer.  Served in the U.S. Army and the Toppenish Police Department.  Big Bend Community College graduate, B.A. Eastern Washington University.

Mike Wren
Appointed October 2008.  Wayland Baptist University BS in Occupational Education.  Currently attending Embry-Riddle for a Masters in Aeronautical Science.  Port Manager of the Ephrata Port District.  President-Elect and former Secretary and Vice-President of the Grant County Economic Development Council.  Former member and Treasurer of the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce.

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 2009-2010 Board Goals

 

The board will involve itself as a body in working to achieve the following goals:

 

INNOVATION- The board will establish and foster business, industry and community connections to the college, which will lead to innovation and new or expanded programs arising from those connections.

 

ACCESS- The board will establish and maintain policies to insure open access and opportunity for all students, employees, employers, and communities, communicating those policies to the district.  The Board will endeavor to hold more off campus meetings with school districts within its service area in order to communicate the college’s policies and programs district-wide. Promote increased contact on campus and throughout the district. 

 

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT – The board will recognize and promote student success. The Board will implement a practice of sending written acknowledgement to students and staff who have achieved notable successes.

 

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS - The Board will establish and maintain policies that encourage and promote business, industry, and college interaction to enhance the economic health of the district, communicating those policies to the district.  The Board will implement a practice of sending written thank-you’s to businesses and industries which make notable contributions or donations.

 

COLLEGE CLIMATE – The Board will establish and maintain policies that promote a safe, welcoming environment for students, employees, and citizens for college activities throughout the district.  The Board will encourage events and activities on campus to recognize staff achievement and bring more people to our campus for exposure to the college.

 

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT - The Board will establish and maintain policies that encourage and support growth for diversity of students and staff.  The Board will encourage the display of multi-cultural artwork on campus.