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Marc Gaspard joins board at Pierce College

Marc Gaspard of Puyallup joined the board of trustees of the Pierce College District in November. Gaspard was appointed by Governor Christine Gregoire to replace board member Elizabeth Willis of Lakewood. Willis has been appointed to the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.

Gaspard is the president of the Washington Financial League. Previously, he served as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives and Senate president. After resigning from the Legislature in 1995, he was the executive director for the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Gaspard currently serves on the board of directors for Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, VADIS, and the Association for the Developmentally Disabled.

Gaspard will complete Willis’ term on Pierce District’s board, which expires September 2008. He will be eligible for reappointment at that time.

Edmonds Community College board of trustees gains two new members

Edmonds Community College’s board of trustees gained two new members in October, former State Senator Jeannette P. Wood of Woodway and Premera Blue Cross Vice President Quentin Powers of Edmonds.

Wood and Powers are both former board members of the Edmonds Community College Foundation. Governor Gregoire appointed Wood to serve a term through September 2011 and Powers through September 2009.

They replace outgoing board members Alison Sing of Lynnwood, a retired senior economic development officer for Snohomish County Government, a college trustee since 1994, and Jack McRae, senior vice president of legislative and congressional affairs for Premera Blue Cross, a trustee since 2000.

Wood is a former state senator and state representative. She was previously mayor of Woodway and a Woodway councilmember. She currently serves as president of the South County Senior Center Board, chair of the Edmonds Historical Museum Board and a member of the Snohomish County Budget Guidance team. She also serves on an advisory board for the College of Human Ecology at her alma mater Cornell University where she earned her bachelor of science degree in 1954.

Powers is the vice-president and general auditor for Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska. He is a board member and past president for the Puget Sound chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He volunteers with Seattle Arts and Lectures and the INTIMAN, ACT and Empty Space Theatres.

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