Board of Trustees

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The Board of Trustees from left to right: Leonor R. Fuller, Richard N. Wadley, Alberta  Barbara Clarkson, Brian L. Vance, and Judith A. Blinn

 

Judith A. Blinn - Chair

Appointed December 2004. Public Sector Account Manager, Cerium Networks. 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.

Brian L. Vance - Vice Chair

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.

Alberta Barbara Clarkson - Board Member

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.

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.

Richard N. Wadley - Board Member

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.

 

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: Economic Development Council of Thurston County; Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; SEIU Healthcare Northwest Training Trust; Junior Achievement of Pierce and Thurston Counties; Community Ministry Board for Providence St. Peter Hospital; Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council; Thurston County Roundtable; Rotary Club of Olympia.