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Board of Trustees

Mike Blakely (Chair)
Appointed January 2005. A 40 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

Anna Franz
Appointed March 2012. Native of Adams County. Associate attorney for Lemargie, Kenison, Wyman and Whitaker in Ephrata. Resides near Lind. Graduate of Big Bend Community College. Received Bachelor's Degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington. Secretary of Lind Gun Club. Member of Washington State Bar Association and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Jon Lane
Appointed December 2010. Mayor, City of Moses Lake, council member since 2004. Lifelong Moses Lake resident. Retired educator. Big Bend Community College AA (ASB Officer); BA Central Washington University; M.Ed. Eastern Washington University. Former member of Moses Lake Parks and Recreation Commission. Received Carnegie Hero award, Moses Lake Citizen of the Year 1996, National Wrestling Coaches "Lifetime Service Award."

Stephen McFadden
Appointed December 2011. Owner/Publisher of the Ritzville Adams County Journal. Former President and current Board member of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA). Vice-President and incoming President of the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce. Founding member and Chairman of the Adams County Development Council. Founding member and former Chairman of the Historic Ritzville Days Western Art Show. Past Chairman of the Ritzville Blues Festival. Past member of the Ritzville Downtown Development Association Board.

Mike Villarreal
Appointed November 2012. Native of Othello and Adams County. Assistant Superintendent of Othello School District. Received Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Washington State University in 2011. Previously an elementary school teacher and a middle school principal in Warden. Member of Washington Association of School Administrators, Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum, and Adams County Development Council.

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Board Goals

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

INNOVATION/PARTNERSHIPS- 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. The Board will establish and maintain policies that promote regular college interaction with business and industry to enhance the economic health of the district. The Board will continue its practice of formal recognition of business/industry support of college students and programs, coordinating that recognition where appropriate.

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 meetings both on campus and off campus with stakeholder groups throughout the college district such as school districts boards, county commissioners, city officials, economic development organizations, etc. The purpose of the meetings is to allow Trustees to participate in information exchange and problem solving.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT – The board will recognize and promote student success. continuing the practice of sending written acknowledgement to students to recognize their achievement. In addition to Commencement, Trustees will endeavor to attend other ceremonies and meetings to recognize and celebrate student success.

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.

RESOURCES - The Board will establish and maintain policies that pursue funding for programs, capital improvement, personnel and equipment. Board members will be involved at the local, regional, state, national and international levels to identify opportunities to secure additional resources for the college.