VANCOUVER–Washington State University Vancouver has named the members of the 2006-2009 Advisory Council, a team of community leaders and representatives of both public and private organizations who advise WSU President V. Lane Rawlins and Chancellor Hal Dengerink on academic, research and community issues relevant to the campus.
The council includes Tony Bacon, publisher of “The Insider;” Twyla Barnes, superintendent of Educational Service District 112; Bill Barron, Clark County administrator; Gerald Baugh, City of Vancouver manager of Business Development; Jon Clemens of Sharpe Laboratories of America; Jeanne Firstenburg, senior vice president and chief operations officer of First Independent Bank; Glenys Hill, superintendent of Kelso School District; Stephen Horenstein, attorney with Miller Nash; Kathy Kniep, executive director of YWCA Clark County; Joe Kortum, president and chief executive officer of Southwest Washington Medical Center; James McLaughlin, president of Lower Columbia College; Dr. Lisa Morrison of Vancouver Clinic; State Representative (retired) Val Ogden; Bart Phillips, president of the Columbia River Economic Development Council; Beth Quartarolo, president/CEO of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Carl Schneiderman, director of research services, Legacy Clinical Research and Technology Center; Rhona Sen Hoss, director of community partnerships for “The Columbian;” Ted Sprague, president of the Cowlitz County Economic Development Council; and John White, president of the J.D. White Company.
The new members this year are Kniep, Kortum and Quartarolo. Rep. Bill Fromhold, Sen. Craig Pridemore, and Mike Worthy, president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Clark County and member of the Higher Education Coordinating Board, were all renewed as the council’s ex-officio members.
All Advisory Council members are recommended by the chancellor and formally appointed to the council by the WSU president. Council members are appointed to three year renewable terms.
Currently chaired by Steve Horenstein, the Advisory Council meets monthly throughout the academic year, and members may be involved in publicly supporting campus events and initiatives.
According to WSU System Principles, the members of the advisory councils will be broadly representative of the community with particular attention paid to diversity (ethnic, geographic, employment sector, etc.), community leadership and ability to serve as ambassadors for the campus and university system. The council advises the chancellor regarding the community’s needs and preferences for university activities and programs, particularly as these relate to economic as well as social and cultural development of the community.
WSU Vancouver offers 14 bachelor’s degrees, nine master’s degrees and a doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. The campus is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either
I-5 or I-205. Visit us on the Web at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
