OCCA Committees
OCCA maintains five standing committees: Budget; Legislative; Member Services; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); and Nominating. The OCCA Board and the Executive Committee can also form temporary committees to work on specific issues relating to community colleges. Once the issue has reached a conclusion or the issue can be assimilated into another committee, the ad hoc groups are disbanded.
Budget Committee
The Budget Committee makes recommendations to OCCA staff about the OCCA budget. The committee will also review, with staff, the annual audit of the OCCA financial statements.
Kenny Lawson, Chair – Columbia Gorge CC President, OCCA Treasurer
Mark Browning – Blue Mountain CC President
Stephen Crow – Treasure Valley CC Board Member
Jess Jacobs – Linn-Benton CC Director of Account & Budget
Jane Reid – Clackamas CC Board Member
Alan Unger – Central Oregon CC Board Member
Randy Weber – Rogue CC President
Legislative Committee
The Legislative Committee will make recommendations to OCCA Board about OCCA statewide legislative advocacy efforts. Prior to the start of each odd year legislative session, the committee will review and make recommendations on OCCA Legislative Positions for approval by the Board of Directors.
Betsy Earls, Chair – Chemeketa CC Board Member
Kristen Adams – Linn-Benton CC Board Member/OCCA Vice President
Jonathan Bilden – Rogue CC Member
Stephanie Bulger – Lane CC President
Pat Fahey – Rogue CC Board Member/OCCA President
Jarrod Hogue – Clatsop CC President
Jessica Howard – Chemeketa CC President/OPC President
Alyson Kraus – Portland CC Senior Governmental Relations Manager
Darcy Long – Columbia Gorge CC Board Member
Jesse Maldonado – Lane CC Board Member
Brandy Penner – Portland CC Board Member
Rachel Pokrandt – Umpqua CC President
Jeff Shaffer – Clackamas CC Vice President of Finance and Operations
Lisa Skari – Mount Hood CC President
Member Services Committee
The Member Services committee works on issues regarding how OCCA can best serve the needs of the 17 local community colleges and engages in strategic planning. The committee reviews and makes recommendations to staff about OCCA educational programs, including administrator, president, and board training events and the annual OCCA convention. The committee will also assist the Member Services Director with the development of new training opportunities such as webinars and administrator and leadership development.
Kristen Adams, Chair – Linn-Benton CC Board Member/OCCA Vice President
Pat Fahey – Ex-Officio, Rogue CC Board Member
Shannon Franklin – Blue Mountain CC Executive Assistant to the President
Jessica Howard – Chemeketa CC President
Paul Jarrell – Tillamook Bay CC President
Dave Jensen – Klamath CC Board Member
Marcia Jensen – Southwestern Oregon CC Board Member
Dina Laskey – Southwestern Oregon CC Executive Assistant to the President
Marion Mann – Oregon Coast CC Board Member
Kim Morgan – Columbia Gorge CC Board Member
Greg Pereira – Central Oregon CC President
Jane Reid – Clackamas CC Board Meeting
Marshall Roache – Oregon Coast CC President
Vacant – CC staff
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Committee
The DEI Committee works to provide tools to community colleges to actively engage and recruit people of color in our communities to increase their participation and representation on our boards of education, support OCCA, all community college board members, and all community colleges in their individual and collective learning around racism and bias within our institutions and society.
Paul Jarrell, Chair – Tillamook Bay CC President
Lucia Bartscher – Rogue Community College DEI Officer
Rachel Biscoe – Linn-Benton CC Board Member
Katy Ho – Interim Portland CC President
Kenny Lawson – Columbia Gorge CC President
Kate Marquez – Klamath CC Board Member
Betsy McMahon – Tillamook Bay CC Board Member
Erin Merz – Central Oregon CC Board Member
William Miller – Mount Hood CC Board Member
Sheila Roley – Clatsop CC Board Member
Dana Young – Treasure Valley CC President
Jon Mathis – Chemeketa CC Executive Director, Bridging Institute for Inclusion & Belonging
Vacant – CC President
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee shall prepare a slate of officers for the upcoming fiscal year executive committee, consisting of the vice-president, treasurer and at-large members (and, if necessary, the president or secretary) to be presented to the OCCA board at the meeting prior to the meeting where the election of officers is to occur. Additional nominations may be made.
Stephen Crow, Chair – Treasure Valley CC Board Member
Tim Cook – Clackamas CC President
Brandy Penner – Portland CC Board Member
Greg Pereira – Central Oregon CC President
Andrew Speer – Mount Hood CC Board Member