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SEAT 1
Mr. Michael D. Berger 2013 Position: President 2012 Position: President 2011 Position: Vice President 2010 Position: Clerk 2009 Position: Member • Elected in November 2009 • Senior Vice President and Financial Consultant, Smith Barney • Twenty-eight years of financial management experience • Twenty-year Member and Past President, COC Foundation Board of Directors • Former Member, Santa Clarita Planning Commission • Member and Past President, SCV Chamber of Commerce • Member and Past President, SCV Rotary Club • Finance Chairman, Child & Family Center • 2000 COC Silver Spur Honoree for Community Service • Member, Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer Board of Directors • Chair, University Center Capital Campaign Major Gift Committee • Chairman, COC Foundation Advisory Board • Member, Citizens Oversight Committees for Bond Measures C and M • Member, Loyola Marymount College of Business Administration Advisory Council • 2006 Santa Clarita Valley Man of the Year • Graduate of College of the Canyons |

SEAT 2
Ms. Michele R. Jenkins 2013 Position: Member 2012 Position: Clerk 2011 Position: President 2010 Position: Vice President 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 COC's 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 2013 Position: Vice President 2012 Position: Vice President 2011 Position: Clerk 2010 Position: Member 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 2013 Position: Clerk 2012 Position: Member 2011 Position: Member 2010 Position: Member 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. Steven D. Zimmer 2013 Position: Member • Appointed to the Board of Trustees on Jan. 14, 2013 • Attorney, Law Offices of Steven D. Zimmer • Former Executive, The Newhall Land & Farming Co. • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Juris Doctor • University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Science • Past Chair, Executive Committee, College of the Canyons Foundation Board of Directors • Current Chair, Past Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Facilities Committee for Child and Family Center Board of Directors • Board of Directors, Government Affairs Committee, Legal Advocacy Committee for California Building industry Association • Appointed City Attorney for several California cities • Chief Assistant County Counsel for imperial County • Instructor, Imperial Valley College, Paralegal Certificate Program • Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, Masters of Real Estate Development Program | 
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