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Member Profiles

SEAT 1

Mr. Ernest L. Tichenor

2009 Position: Member
2008 Position: President

2007 Position: Vice President
Board member since 1997

Board president two times

Tax attorney / adjunct instructor of political science, Bakersfield College

J.D., M.S. tax, Golden Gate University

Certificate in international legal studies, Cambridge (England) University

Graduate, Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems, Georgetown University

Contributing guest columnist to The Signal

Member, Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Former vice president, Central Valley Homeowners Association Board of Directors

SEAT 2

Ms. Michele R. Jenkins

2009 Position: Member
2008 Position: Member
2007 Position: President

Elected board member since 1984

Community resident since 1964

Manages three-physician family medical practice

High school diploma, Wm. S. Hart High School
A.A., College of the Canyons

B.A., anthropology, UCLA

M.A., counseling, University of North Dakota

Two children attended College of the Canyons

Spouse, Dr. Gregory Jenkins, received A.A. in first graduating class at COC

2000 co-recipient (with spouse) of COCs' Outstanding Alumni Award

Member, California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board of Directors, 1994-2005

Member, Community College League of California (CCLC) Board of Directors, 2003-2005

President, CCCT board and CCLC board, 2004-2005

SEAT 3

Ms. Joan W. MacGregor

2009 Position: President
2008 Position: Vice President
2007 Position: Clerk

Board member since 1993
President of the Board three times

Community resident since 1969

Former Member, COC Foundation Board of Directors

Member, Canyon Country Site Selection Advisory Committee

Founding Patron of the performing arts center

Vice president, Valley Oaks Properties Inc. - Real Estate Brokerage

Past trustee, Sulphur Springs Union School District (20 years)

Founder of SCV Trustees Association; PTA president, SCV PTA Council president

SEAT 4

Mr. Bruce D. Fortine

2009 Position: Clerk
2008 Position: Member
2007 Position: Member

Board member for 15 years; served on the college's first, original board; served as board president three times

Community resident for 43 years

Chief executive officer for American Environmental Services Inc.

B.S. in business administration, Pepperdine University; M.S. in higher education administration, California State University Northridge

Seven family members attended COC

Executive Board, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Anti-Gang Task Force

President, Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Public Safety Facilities Corp.

SEAT 5

Mr. Scott Thomas Wilk

2009 Position: Vice President
2008 Position: Clerk
2007 Position: Member

Appointed to the board on Aug. 23, 2006

Community resident for 16 years

President, Liaison Communications
B.A. in political science, pursuing master's degree in public administration

Former district director to Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon

Former chief of staff to Assemblyman Tom McClintock

Son and daughter have both attended classes at COC

Member, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Foundation Board

In 2007, named by SCV Press Club "Behind the Scenes" Newsmaker of the Year

Named to "Santa Clarita Valley's 51 Most Influential" list by The Signal newspaper

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