Will serve a second year; Ray Sigafoos chosen as Board Secretary
Chair Deb McCasland
Yavapai Community College District Two Representative Deb McCasland was unanimously selected to continue for a second year as the Chair of the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board at its January 12 meeting. McCasland was nominated by District one representative Ray Sigafoos. There were no other nominations.
Mr. Sigafoos was then nominated by Ms. McCasland to act as Governing Board Secretary for the coming year. With no other nominations for the position coming from the Board, he was selected unanimously.
When it came to Chair appointments, Ms. McCasland appointed herself and Ray Sigafoos to serve on the State Trustee Board. She also appointed herself to serve as Board spokesperson and as Yavapai Community College Foundation liaison. She asked District 4 Representative Chris Kuknyo and District 5 representative Mitch Padilla to “shadow” her with the Community College Foundation meetings with each attending alternate meetings with her.
When Paul Chevalier was asked if he had ever functioned in any of the appointive positions by Mr. Kuknyo, he said “no.” He said he believed Ms. McCasland would prefer that the two of them do it. Ms. McCasland commented that “last year” Mr. Chevalier said he didn’t want to be a liaison “so we’ll do it this way this year.”
You may view the entire six minute discussion about Governing Board appointments in the video clip below.