Royal elected to ACCT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is pleased to announce the elections and appointments of new ACCT Board of Directors and ACCT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee members and officers. Tina Royal, a trustee at Davidson-Davie Community College was elected to represent the Southern District. Royal was also appointed as the South Region Coordinator for ACCT. Her role includes being the voice and face of ACCT in North Carolina, a seat previously held by retired trustee Beth Parrott.
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Newly elected ACCT Board of Directors Executive Committee members include Chair James Cooksey, a trustee at Moberly Area Community College in Missouri; Chair-Elect Rose Benavidez, a trustee at South Texas College; Vice Chair Jay Nardini, a trustee from Hawkeye Community College in Iowa; Secretary-Treasurer Tim Hardy, a trustee from Louisiana Community and Technical College System; and Immediate Past Chair David Mathis, a trustee from Mohawk Valley Community College in New York.
In addition to electing Executive Committee members, the ACCT Board of Directors elected five Regional Chairs to serve through the coming year. Regional Chairs are charged with serving as conduits to information among the states within their respective regions. They are:
Central Regional Chair
Arturo Reyes
Mott Community College, Mich.
Northeast Regional Chair
Marsha Suggs Smith
Montgomery College, Md.
Pacific Regional Chair
Gilbert Wong
Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Calif.
Southern Regional Chair
Tamela Cullens
South Florida State College, FL
Western Regional Chair
Dan Mims
San Jacinto College, TX
Through regional caucuses held on October 14 and the membership-wide ACCT senate meeting convened on October 15, the membership also elected nine individuals to serve or to continue serving on the ACCT Board of Directors. Newly elected, re-elected and appointed board members include:
Central Regional Director
Maureen Dunne
College of DuPage, Ill
Northeast Regional Director
Marsha Suggs Smith
Montgomery College, Md.
Pacific Regional Directors
Richard Fukutaki
Bellevue College, Wash
Diane Noriega
Mt. Hood Community College, Ore.
(One-year partial term)
Linda Wah
Pasadena Area Community College, Calif.
(Two-year partial term)
Southern Regional Director
Ed Dalrymple
Central Piedmont Community College, N.C.
Western Regional Director
Dan Mims
San Jacinto College District, Texas
At-Large Director
Carol Del Carlo
Nevada System of Higher Education, Nev.
At-Large Director
Vivian Malauulu
Long Beach City College, Calif.
At-Large Director
Jermaine Reed
Metropolitan Community College, Mo.
(One-year partial term)
At-Large Director
Pretta VanDible Stallworth
Houston Community College System, Texas
Appointed Director - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Chair
Anthony J. Colón
Mohawk Valley Community College, N.Y.
In addition to board elections, the Board of Directors newly elected and re-elected Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee members include:
Chair-Elect
Zaida Hernandez-Irrison
Gateway Technical College, Wisc.
Central Region
Torrie Newsome
College of Lake County, Ill.
Northeast Region
Anthony J. Colón
Mohawk Valley Community College, N.Y.
Pacific Region
Deborah Ikeda
State Center Community College District, Calif.
Southern Region
Tina Royal
Davidson-Davie Community College District, N.C.
Keyatta Priester
Aiken Technical College, S.C.
(One-year partial term)
Western Region
Belen Robles
El Paso Community College, Texas
For more information about ACCT Board and Committee members, visit https://www.acct.org/page/governance
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 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond. For more information, go to www.acct.org. Follow ACCT on Twitter @CCTrustees.
