Board of Trustees
Richard Wadley - Chair
Appointed July 1998. Board Chair 2001. Retired, Vice President of Operations, State Farm Insurance. A.A., Yakima Valley College; B.A., Washington State University; M.B.A., University of Illinois.
Member: Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter; Chartered Life Underwriter, Business Administration Advisory Council; U.W. Tacoma; Association of Washington Business Board; South Sound YMCA Board.
Alberta Barbara Clarkson - Vice Chair
Appointed July 2004. Retired, Director of Employment and Training, Yakima Valley Opportunities Industrialization Center. B.A., University of Washington.
Member: President, Olympia Kiwanis Ladies; President, Ladies of Elks Olympia Lodge #186; Past Vice President, Tacoma Urban League, Olympia Branch; Past Member: Yakima Soroptimists; Center for Career Alternatives.
Judith A. Blinn - Board Member
Appointed December 2004. Public Sector Account Manager, Avaya, Inc. B.S., McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Member: Board of Directors, Providence St. Peter Hospital Foundation; Past President, Olympia Rotary and Business and Professional Women; Past Chair, United Way of Thurston County; Past Member, Board of Electrical Examiners.
Leonor R. Fuller - Board Member
Appointed October 2002. Attorney, Fuller and Fuller Law Firm. B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Washington; Juris Doctor, University of Washington.
Member: Past Chair, City of Olympia Arts Commission; Past Board Member, Washington State Trial Lawyers Foundation; Past Chair, Women of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Washington State Bar Association; Thurston County Bar Association; Washington Women Lawyers.
Brian L. Vance - Board Member
Appointed October 2005. President and CEO, Heritage Bank.
Member: Washington Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors, Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, University of Washington-Tacoma Milgard School of Business Foundation.
Gerald Pumphrey - President
Appointed President August 2006; President of Bellingham Technical College, 2001-2006; Positions held at Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC: Vice President of Instruction, 1999-2001; Dean of Instruction, 1998-1999; Director of Workforce Preparedness, 1996-1998; Division Chair of Transportation, 1995-1997; B.A., Florida State University, FL; M.A., Appalachian State University, NC; Ed.D., Clemson University, SC.
Member: Center for Information Services, 2001-present, Economic Development Council of Thurston County, 2006-present, Board of Directors; South Sound manufacturers' Alliance, 2006-present, Executive Committee; Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council, 2006-present; Bellingham/Whatcom Economic Development Council, 2002-present, Treasurer, 2006; Downtown Renaissance Network, 2002-present; Northwest Workforce Development Council, 2002-present, Executive Committee; Junior Achievement of Whatcom and Skagit Counties, 2002-present. Past member: Rotary Club of Bellingham, 2003-2005; GHG Housing Corporation, 1998-2001; Piedmont Triad Center for Advanced Manufacturing, 2000-2001.