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, D.C.:

• February 13-16, 2012

• February 11-14, 2013

• February 10-13, 2014

Nominating Committee Members Currently Serving

Elections for Regional Nominating Committee members will be held at the 2012 Boston Congress during the Regional Caucuses and Meetings, Thursday, October 11 at the hotel in Boston. Below are the members currently serving on Regional Nominating Committees and their term expirations. Please note that terms due to expire in 2012 will expire upon the conclusion of the Regional Caucus and Meeting. Only newly elected and sitting committee members will vote for the Chair of the Committee at the close of the meeting.

CENTRAL REGION (3 seats expire in 2012)

Connie Hornbeck, Committee Chair
Iowa Western Community College, IA
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Edward Curry
Edison Community College, OH
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Craig Findley
Lincoln Land Community College, IL
Term Expiration: 10/2012

John Lukas
Lakeshore Technical College, WI
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Patrick McLean
Washtenaw Community College, MI
Term Expiration: 10/2013


NORTHEAST REGION (2 seats expire in 2012)

Felix Yeoman, Committee Chair
Prince Georges Community College, MD
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Ken Goode
Monroe Community College, NY
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Varsovia Fernandez
City College of Philadelphia, PA
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Gwendolyn Harris
Mercer County Community College, NJ
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Pamela Julian
Massachusetts Bay Community College, MA
Term Expiration: 10/2013


PACIFIC REGION (2 seats expires in 2012)

Doyle Burke, Committee Chair
Maricopa County Community College District, AZ
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Leanavaotaua S. Seva'aetasi
American Samoa Community College, American Samoa
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Jerry Watson
Chemeketa Community College, OR
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Albert Shen
Seattle Community Colleges, WA
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Pat Patterson
State Center Community College District, CA
Term Expiration: 10/2013


SOUTHERN REGION (2 seats expire in 2012)

Paul Bennett, Committee Chair
Southeast Arkansas College, AR
Term Expiration: 10/2012

George Powers
Midlands Technical College, SC
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Sean Alveshire
Broward College, FL
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Lyn Austin
Johnston Community College, NC
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Robert Chester
Albany Technical College, GA
Term Expiration: 10/2013


WESTERN REGION (2 seats expire in 2012)

Molly Beth Malcolm, Committee Chair
Texarkana College, TX
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Kati Sherwood
North Wyoming Community College District, WY
Term Expiration: 10/2012

Andrea Bermudez
Santa Fe Community College, NM
Term Expiration: 10/2013

Lenora Burdine
Oklahoma City Community College, OK
Term Expiration: 10/2013

John Davies
Northeast Community College, NE
Term Expiration: 10/2013



If you are interested in serving on a Regional Nominating Committee, please email nominations@acct.org or contact your regional chair :

Central Regional Chair
Jeffrey May
TrstMay@aol.com

Northeast Regional Chair
Bakari Lee
blee@mandslaw.com

Pacific Regional Chair
Anita Grier
Dralgrier@aol.com

Southern Regional Chair
David Talley
d-atalley@comcast.net

Western Regional Chair
Colton Crane
coltoncrane@gmail.com