| Board
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| Note: For inquiries
contact the Chancellor's Office at (661) 336-5104 or
ChancellorOffice@kccd.edu. |
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| The Kern Community College District
service area is divided into five segments for elected representation. Of the
seven members of the KCCD Board of Trustees, two each represent central
Bakersfield and southwest Bakersfield. One each represents Porterville,
Ridgecrest and northeastern Kern County. |
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Mrs.
Kay Meek -- President |
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Mrs. Meek represents the southwest Bakersfield
service area and was provisionally appointed in January 2003 to fill a vacant
seat. She served an earlier two-year term after being elected in a special
election to fill a vacated seat. Mrs. Meek is a partner in a local automobile
dealership and is a former Executive Director of the Bakersfield College
Foundation. She was elected Board President in December 2006. She has served on
the Legislation Committee and currently serves on the Evaluation/Accreditation
Committee. |
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Mr.
Stuart Witt -- Vice President |
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Mr. Stuart Witt represents the Ridgecrest area
and was first elected in 2002 to the Board. Mr. Witt is General Manager of the
East Kern Airport District in Mojave. He is former Executive Vice President of
CTA, Incorporated, a nationwide engineering services firm, as well as a former
United States Navy aviator and project and engineering test pilot. Mr. Witt
brings a vast business perspective to the Board from Kern County's high
technology region. He served on the Trustees’ Legislation Committee and
currently serves on the Evaluation/Accreditation Committee. |
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Mr. John Rodgers --
Clerk |
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Mr. Rodgers is Vice President, Investments and
Certified Financial Planner for UBS Financial in Bakersfield and a former
elementary school teacher and administrator. He represents central Bakersfield
and has been a member of the Board since December 1994. Mr. Rodgers also served
as an elementary school board member and taught part-time at Bakersfield
College. He currently chairs the KCCD Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee. |
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Ms. Rose Marie Bans |
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Mrs. Bans represents the northeastern portion of
Kern County, a Bakersfield College service area. She retired as the Principal
of a Delano junior high school and previously held a variety of teaching
positions. Mrs. Bans has served the community as a member of the KCCD Board
since December 1983. She is the Chair of the Board’s Evaluation/Accreditation
Committee. |
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Mr. Dennis Beebe |
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Mr. Beebe represents the southwest Bakersfield
service area and was elected December 2000. He is owner of a residential and
business security firm. Mr. Beebe served as the Board President in 2005 and
2006. He chaired the Evaluation/Accreditation Committee and currently serves on
the Legislation Committee. |
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Mr. John Corkins |
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Mr. Corkins represents the Porterville
College service area and was elected in November 2006. He is the President of
Research For Hire, Inc., a diversified Agri-Business Corporation; farms olives,
kiwis, and citrus in Tulare and Kern Counties; and is a partner in developing
commercial property in Tulare County. He serves as a Governor appointee to the
24th District Ag Association Board of Directors and the Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board. He is a member of the Board Finance and Audit
Committee and the Legislation Committee.
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Mrs. Pauline Larwood |
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Mrs. Larwood represents central Bakersfield and
was elected in November 1998. She is a business consultant and served as a
member of the Kern County Board of Supervisors for 12 years. She also taught
part-time at Bakersfield College. In 2004, she was appointed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger to serve on the California Community Colleges Board of
Governors. Mrs. Larwood chairs the KCCD Trustees’ Legislation Committee and
also serves on the Finance and Audit Committee. |
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