Search Subcommittee

Eighteen people are serving on the subcommittee to help the Board of Trustees in the search for Highline’s next leader. The subcommittee includes people from a wide range of constituency groups.

Subcommittee Members

Constituency Group	Number of Representatives	Name
Board of Trustees	2 appointed by Board of Trustees	Bob Roegner Sili Savusa
Business and community	8 approved by Board of Trustees	see table below
Campus (ex-officio advisory liaison)	1 approved by Board of Trustees	Dr. Jeff Wagnitz
Classified employees	1 recommended by bargaining unit of Washington Public Employees Association (WPEA)	Gary McCune
Equity Task Force	1 recommended by Equity Task Force	Jason Ramirez
Exempt employees	1 recommended by Executive Staff	Lorraine Odom
Faculty	2 elected by Highline College Education Association (HCEA)	Dr. T.M. Sell Gayatri Sirohi
Foundation	1 recommended by Foundation	Debra Baker
Students	1 recommended by Associated Students of Highline College (ASHC)	Mahlet Tiruneh

Subcommittee Members: Business and Community

In selecting the eight business and community members, trustees looked for those with ties to employers, educational entities and business organizations from the college’s service area of South King County.

Name	Affiliation
Luisa Bangs	Port of Seattle
Dr. Tammy Campbell	Federal Way Public Schools
Roxana Garcia	South King Council of Human Services
Hugo Garcia	Craft3
Dr. Steve Grubb	Highline Public Schools
Rebecca Martin	Federal Way Chamber of Commerce
Melissa Ponder	Mel Ponder Photography and Human Rights Commission
Michael Vendiola	National Indian Education Association (Wash. office) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Related Information

Trustees voted on eight subcommittee members during a special public meeting, Nov. 7.
Trustees approved the overall makeup of the presidential search subcommittee during a special public meeting, Oct. 30.