ACCT

Regional Nominating Committees for the nomination of Directors of the Association shall be composed of five members each. These members shall be elected from the Voting Members of that region at caucuses held during the Annual Community College Leadership Congress of the Association. No more than one member shall be from the same state. Vacancies shall be filled by the regional chair. A member of the Board of Directors cannot serve as a member of a Nominating Committee. A Nominating Committee member, in order to be interviewed by the Nominating Committee, must tender his/her resignation in writing to the regional chair postmarked 30 days prior to the scheduled Nominating Committee meeting. Nominating Committee members shall serve for two years on staggered terms. They may serve more than one term, but terms may not be consecutive. The chair of each Nominating Committee shall be elected by the respective Nominating Committee at the close of the Regional Caucus.

Responsibilities
The Nominating Committees shall meet and nominate one or more nominees for Director from that region. Three members of the Nominating Committee shall constitute a quorum. Nominating Committee members must be present in order to vote. A Nominating Committee member may sit in review of a candidate who is a fellow trustee from his or her Voting Member district, but may not participate in the voting for that candidate.
Nominations of candidates for Directors-at-Large may be made in writing by Voting Members or Regional Nominating Committees by submission of such name or names to the president no later than July 1 of that year.

**Committee Meetings ** (Interviews)
Regional Nominating Committee meetings are scheduled annually in conjunction with the Community College National Legislative Summit that takes place in Washington, DC. Committee members receive an interview schedule and candidate information prior to the meeting(s). All related expenses related to attending the meeting are the college’s responsibility.

Future dates for the National Legislative Summit, Washington, DC:

• February 11-13, 2008

• February 9-11, 2009

• February 8-10, 2010

Currently Serving Nominating Committee Members
Members currently serving on Regional Nominating Committees will meet to interview candidates during the upcoming Community College National Legislative Summit, February 11-13, 2008 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

CENTRAL REGION
Roger Rutherford, Committee Chair
Lincoln Land Community College, IL

John Frampton
Eastern Iowa Community College District

David Logghe
Wisconsin Indianahead Technical College

Diana McKnight-Morton
Washtenaw Community College, MI

Joann L. Ordinachev
St. Louis Community College, MO

NORTHEAST REGION
Joan Wolfgang, Committee Chair
Niagara County Community College, NY

William Coleman
Mercer County Community College, NJ

Jonathan Bower
Massachusetts Bay Community College

Thomas Butler
Community College of Philadelphia, PA

Roberta Shulman
Montgomery College, MD

PACIFIC REGION
Armando Ruiz, Committee Chair
Coast Community College District, CA

Jaime Lim
Portland Community College, OR

Jane Strain
Cochise Community College District, AZ

Laloulu Tagoilelagi
American Somoa Community College

Jose Veliz
Clover Park Technical College, WA

SOUTHERN REGION
Dennis Hawkins, Committee Chair
Coahoma Community College, MS

Lyn Toney Austin
Johnston Community College, NC

James Hayes
Denmark Technical College, SC

Albert Lowery
Southeast Arkansas College

David H. Talley
Palm Beach Community College, FL

WESTERN REGION
Helen Griffin, Committee Chair Southeast College, NE

LaDonna Lanning
Cowley County Community College, KS

Lydia Santibanez Temple College, TX

Alice Musser
Oklahoma City Community College

James Vogt
Northwest College, WY