Board & Committee News

2025-26 ACCT Board of Directors Election Results

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October

New officers and members of the ACCT Board of Directors were elected during the 2025 ACCT Leadership Congress in New Orleans on October 23 and 24

2025 ACCT Election Results 

Following is a list of new ACCT Board of Directors Officers and Board Members elected or appointed during the 2025 ACCT Leadership Congress.

Executive Committee Election Results

Chair

Carol Del Carlo
Nevada System of Higher Education, NV

Chair-Elect

Pretta VanDible Stallworth
Houston City College, TX

Vice Chair

Oscar Valladares
Rio Hondo College, CA

Secretary-Treasurer

Tim Hardy
Louisiana Community and Technical College System, LA

Immediate Past Chair

Rich Fukutaki
Bellevue College, WA 

 

Regional Chairs Election Results

Central Regional Chair

Amanda Howland
College of Lake County, IL

Northeast Regional Chair

Tony Colón
Mohawk Valley Community College, NY

Pacific Regional Chair

Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg
Kern Community College District, CA

Southern Regional Chair

Yvonne Barnes
Trident Technical College, SC

Western Regional Chair

Carol Scott
Del Mar College, TX

 

Regional Directors Election Results

Central Region

Jermaine Reed
Metropolitan Community College, MO

(One-Year Partial Term)

Kathleen Bruinsma

Grand Rapids Community College, MI

Northeast Region

Deborah Briggs
SUNY Ulster, NY

Pacific Region

Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg
Kern Community College District, CA 

Southern Region

Yvonne Barnes
Trident Technical College, SC

(One-Year Partial Term)

Terry Atchley
South Florida State College, FL

Western Region

Pat Wojcik
Northeast Community College, NE

Directors-At-Large

Manny Gonzalez
Austin Community College District, TX

Andra Hoffman
Los Angeles Community College District, CA 

Robert Proctor
Lansing Community College, MI 

(One-Year Partial Term)

Donald Dantzler, Jr. 
Madison Area Technical College, WI

Appointed Board Member

Sharmila Swenson
Highline College, WA

 

For more information about the ACCT Board of Directors, contact Karen Lomax at [email protected]

About ACCT

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,000 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond. For more information, go to www.acct.org. Follow ACCT on LinkedIn.