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WCC Board of Trustees

 

Left to Right:  Tim Douglas; Barbara Rofkar; Chuck Robinson; Sue Cole;
Steve Adelstein, Chair and President Kathi Hiyane-Brown

BOT_June10__Grad.jpgThe government of Community College District No. 21, Whatcom Community College, is vested in a five-person board of trustees. The trustees are appointed by the governor and serve five-year terms and/or until their successors are appointed, and must reside within the College's district boundaries.The Board's duties include setting the College's strategic direction, establishing policy for the College, awarding tenure, approving the operating budget and hiring the College President.

The Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees generally holds its meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 2pm, unless changed by vote of the Board. Meetings are open to the public. At its annual June meeting, the Board elects a chairperson and vice-chairperson from the membership of the Board, and they serve for a term of one year.

WCC Board of Trustees Meeting Schedules

WCC Board of Trustees Agenda Packets

 

STEVE ADELSTEIN, Board ChairAdelstein_web.jpg

Appointed in October 2006;reappointed 2011; Board Chair July 2011- June 2012; Vice Chair July 2010 to June 2011

Career Profile
Partner, Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka, Attorney at Law

Education Profile
J.D. Gonzaga University; B.A., Political Science
Western Washington University, Cum Laude

Community and Professional Affiliations
Current President and member of the Rotary Club of Bellingham, Board Chair for the Board of Directors for the St. Luke's Foundation; former Director and Past President, Whatcom Volunteer Center; former Director Mt. Baker Theater; former Delegate for City of Bellingham, Downtown Development Association; Co-chair Mt. Baker Theater Campaign; former Chair, Citizen's Advisory Committee for School Bond and Levy, Bellingham School District #501; former Director, Western Foundation, Western Washington University; former Director and Past President, Interfaith Coalition; former Director, Law Advocates, Whatcom County; former Director, Red Cross; former Director, Visiting Nurse Home Health Care; former Director and Past President, Congregation Beth Israel; former Director, YMCA

BARBARA ROFKAR, Vice ChairRofkar_web.jpg

Appointed in November 2004; reappointed 2007. Board Vice Chair, July 2011-June 2012; Board Chair July 2008-June 2009; Vice Chair 2006-June 2008

Career Profile
Counselor and mediator with Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center and private practice for 22 years; part-time faculty at WWU

Education Profile
MA and BA, Cultural Anthropology, Western Washington University, Minor: Psychology;
Registered Nursing Program-Flower Hospital, Toledo, Ohio

Community and Professional Affiliations
Founding board member of Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center; Chair, Whatcom Human Rights Task Force; American Red Cross. Past board activities: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Whatcom County; Governor's Executive Task Force on Support Enforcement; Whatcom County Nuclear Arms Freeze; Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department; Whatcom Mental Health Board

SUE COLECole_web.jpg

Appointed in October 2005;reappointed 2009; Board Chair July 2009-June 2010;Vice Chair July 2008 to June 2009

Career Profile
Public Affairs Director, The Markets, LLC

Education Profile
BA in Journalism and Political Science, Western Washington University

Community and Professional Affiliations
Former chair, Bellingham Board of Adjustment; Member, Bellingham Public Library Board; Vice chair, Bellingham Public School Foundation; Member, Whatcom Community Foundation; Member, YWCA Board of Directors; Member, RSVP; Member, United Way Board of Directors; Honorary Member, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; Editor, The Northern Light

CHUCK ROBINSONRobinson_web.jpg

Appointed in November 2005; Chair July 2010 to June 2011; Vice Chair July 2009 to June 2010.

Career Profile
Co-owner, with wife Dee, of Village Books and Paper Dreams (a card and gift store)

Education Profile
Master of Education, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Arts, Sioux Falls College (now University of Sioux Falls), Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Community and Professional Affiliations
Member, Board of Directors, Community Food Coop; member of Sustainabile Connections, and the Whatcom County Ethics Commission; former member, Board of Directors, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (founding Vice-President of ABFFE); former President of ABA; former member, Board of Directors, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; past President of PNBA; Board Membership and Presidency, The Fairhaven Association; Board Membership, Whatcom Convention and Visitors Bureau; former Delegate to White House Conference on Small Business

TIM DOUGLASDouglas_web.jpg

Appointed in October 2008. 2011-12 Elected President-elect for Trustees Association of the Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC).

Career Profile
Retired. Mayor of Bellingham, WA, Nov. 2006-Nov. 2007 and 1984-1996; Country Director, Russia for United States Peace Corps, 2000-2003; Director, Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, 1997-1999; Western Washington University Dean of Students and other administrative posts, 1967-1983.

Education Profile
M.S. Indiana University-Higher Education Administration and Educational Psychology 1968
B.A. Washington State University-Foreign Languages (Russian and Spanish) 1965

Community and Professional Affiliations
Past Board Chair, Board Member and Past President, North American Institute (NAMI) Headquartered in Santa Fe; served on trinational panel for North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation; 4 terms on Executive Board of Association of Washington Cities; Puget Sound Water Quality Authority Board; Kulshan Community Land Trust Board; Bellingham Maritime Museum
Board; and past President Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings for 2012

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings for 2011

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings for 2010

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings for 2009

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings for 2008

Archived minutes available upon request.

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