Mt. SAC Board Appoints Interim Trustee
August 08, 2018 - 10:30 AM
The Mt. San Antonio College Board of Trustees selected Walnut resident Gary Chow to serve as an interim trustee, replacing longtime member Dr. David Hall who died in April.
The decision was made during a special meeting June 12, 2018, at which candidates were given 20 minutes to answer questions about community service experience, familiarity with budgets of complex public entities and interacting with diverse populations.
Before the 5-1 vote, Board President Dr. Manuel Baca said, “On behalf of all of the trustees, we thank those who applied. Any one of them would have been an asset to the board.”
Chow will represent Area 2, which encompasses Covina, West Covina, north Walnut, and San Dimas. He will serve until the next regularly scheduled election for governing board members on November 6, 2018.
Chow is a CPA and serves as chair of Walnut Valley Unified School District’s bond oversight committee. He also sits on Mt. SAC’s Community Facilities Plan Advisory Committee and acts as the financial advisor for the Mt. SAC Foundation.
The college received seven applications and all met eligibility criteria to apply. In addition to Chow, the following residents applied:
- Michael Miller Brown (Walnut)
- Allan A. Carrico (West Covina)
- Mansfield Collins (Walnut)
- Ruth Luevand (San Dimas
- Rosalyn Phan (Covina)
- Drexel L. Smith (West Covina)
The Board of Trustees is the policy-making body of the college; it consists of seven elected community members representing seven districts and one student trustee.
