OCCA Committees
Member Services Committee
Purpose: This 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.
Kim Morgan, Chair – CGCC Board, OCCA VP
Marta Cronin – CGCC President
Jessica Howard – Chemeketa President
Ross Tomlin – TBCC President
Dana Young – TVCC President
Marcia Jensen – SWOCC Board
Jane Reid – Clackamas Board
Pat Fahey – Rogue CC Board
Lori Hall – Clackamas CC Staff
Laurie Cremona Wagner – PCC Board
Amanda Kliever – LBCC Staff
Nominating Committee
Purpose: The Nominating Committee shall prepare a slate of officers for the 2021-22 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.
Ed Dodson, Chair – Chemeketa Board
Annette Mattson – MHCC, OCCA Past Pres.
Cathy Kemper-Pelle – RCC President
Patty Scott – SOCC President
Stephen Crow – TVCC Board & OCCA President
Richard Emery – OCCC Board Member
Anne Teaford-Cantor – Clatsop CC Board
Morgan Cowling – OCCA Executive Director
Budget Committee
Purpose: The committee reviews and makes recommendations to OCCA staff about the OCCA budget. The committee will also review, with staff, the annual audit of the OCCA financial statements.
Jessica Howard, Chair – Chemeketa President & OCCA Treasurer
Mark Mitsui – Portland CC President & OCCA Secretary
Stephen Crow – TVCC Board, OCCA President
Tim Cook – Clackamas President
Kim Morgan – CGCC Board & OCCA VP
Jess Jacobs – LBCC Staff
Al Unger – COCC Board Member
Diane McKeel – MHCC Board Member
Morgan Cowling – OCCA Executive Director
Katie Archambault – OCCA Staff
Legislative Committee
Annette Mattson, Chair – MHCC Board, OCCA Past Pres.
Cathy Kemper-Pelle – Rogue CC President
Ed Dodson – Chemeketa CC Board Member
Chris Breitmeyer – Clatsop CC President & OCCA Ex-Officio Member (OPC Chair)
Mark Mitsui – Portand CC President & OCCA Secretary
Kim Morgan – Columbia Gorge CC Board Member & OCCA VP
Laurie Chesley – Central Oregon CC President
Rachel Pokrandt – Umpqua CC President
Tim Cook – Clackamas CC President
Kate Marquez – Klamath CC Board Member
Brett Rowlett – Lane CC Staff
Jennifer Boehmer – Linn-Benton CC Staff
Lori Hall – Clackamas CC Staff
John Wykoff – OCCA Staff
Morgan Cowling – OCCA Executive Director
Katie Archambault – OCCA Staff
Casey White-Zollman – OCCA Staff
Karen Smith – OCCA Staff
Howard Cherry Nominating Committee
Purpose: Reviews award nominations and selects winners for the annual Howard Cherry Awards.
Kim Morgan, Chair – Columbia Gorge CC Board member & OCCA VP
Mark Mitsui – Portland CC President & OCCA Secretary
Alan Unger – Central Oregon CC Board Member
Betsy McMahon – TBCC Board Member
Jessica Howard – Chemeketa CC President & OCCA Treasurer
Patty Scott – Southwestern Oregon CC President
Tim Cook – Clackamas President
Morgan Cowling – OCCA Executive Director
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee
Purpose: 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, and recommend all Oregon community college boards consider adoption of the ACCT Equity Action Agenda.
Traci Simmons, Co-Chair – Mt. Hood CC Chief Diversity Officer
Aaron Woods, Co-Chair – Clackamas CC Board Member
Anne Teaford-Cantor – Clatsop CC Board Member
Michael Sonnleitner – Portland CC Board Member
Annette Mattson – Mt. Hood CC Board Member
Kate Marquez – Klamath CC Board Member
Marge Hamilton – Lane CC President
Jessica Howard – Chemeketa President & OCCA Treasurer
Tricia Brand – Portland CC Chief Diversity Officer
Christy Walker – Central Oregon CC Chief Diversity Officer
Rachelle Brown – Rogue CC Staff
Ed Dodson – Chemeketa CC Board Member
Tony Lapiz – Linn-Benton CC Board Member
Kim Morgan – Columbia Gorge CC Board Member & OCCA VP
Alan Unger – Central Oregon CC Board Member
Dana Young – Treasure Valley CC President
Marta Yera Cronin – Columbia Gorge CC President
Tim Cook – Clackamas CC President
Amy Peterson – Rogue CC Chief Diversity Officer