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 "Ski," John J. Sygielski, serves as the sixth president of Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC), Oregon's fourth largest Community College. Dr. Ski came to MHCC on July 1, 2008 after serving as president of Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) in Virginia and vice chancellor for workforce and economic development of the Virginia Community College System. While at Lord Fairfax, he embraced the challenge of developing a comprehensive resource development program from the ground up: reinvigorating the LFCC Foundation, developing policies and procedures, implementing record management systems, establishing an alumni program, creating cultivation and stewardship standards, and raising millions of dollars in private and public funds. A former adjunct business faculty member, he holds several degrees including a doctorate. Dr. Ski is currently the chair of the 2010-2011 AACC Board of Directors. A native of Cleveland, OH, Dr. Ski is the only member of his working class family to graduate from College. A biking enthusiast, he currently lives in Gresham, OR.
 Dr. Rebecca (“Becky”) Paneitz is President of NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) in Bentonville, Arkansas. Since joining the college in 2003, Dr. Paneitz has worked closely with stakeholders, developing NWACC’s strategic plan and new initiatives resulting in four regional learning centers. Those initiatives led to an enrollment of over 6,500 students in the college-credit courses and another 6,000 in workforce development programs. The funds raised in the first five years of her leadership increased 175% over the previous five years, while the number of gifts increased 579%. Dr. Paneitz secured the two largest gifts in the College’s history. She is a skilled leader and education advocate whose dynamic personality has led to a highly successful $16 million Capital Campaign and an ever-expanding group of donors committed to helping the College succeed in serving students in our regional communities. In order to accomplish the College’s goals, Dr. Paneitz utilized the institutional Foundation for unique private-public partnerships. Dr. Paneitz earned her bachelor’s degree in office administration from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, her master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and her doctorate in vocational education from Colorado State University. She has served many through her work as a college faculty member and administrator in programs ranging from personnel, instruction, and technology and the trades. Her career has taken her from Colorado to Kansas to North Carolina before coming home to her native Arkansas.
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 Dr. Gail E. Carberry assumed the Presidency of Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester, MA) in 2006, following a 30 year career in academic affairs, strategic planning, institutional advancement and public affairs at Springfield Technical Community College (Springfield, MA). During her professional career she has raised in excess of $120 million for community college programs and services, has led capital campaigns and built college endowments. She established the STCC Foundation and its Alumni program and has forged strategic partnerships with industry. Dr. Carberry is a 2005 recipient of the CRD Lifetime Service Award, having delivered dozens of national and regional workshop sessions on development topics as well as co-teaching the 2004 CRD Specialist Training Program. Dr. Carberry uses an “opportunity assessment” model for the strategic advancement of colleges. Her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts focuses on organizational change and the diffusion of innovations in community colleges through resource development initiatives. Since assuming the Presidency at QCC in 2006, Dr. Carberry has led efforts to expand student access resulting in a more than 40% gain in enrollment and the creation of a branch campus in Southbridge, MA, supported with initial capital costs substantially borne through federal earmarks.
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