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Miles Community College Board of Trustees
 
Board of Trustees

Sue Stanton, Chair
Jeff Okerman, Vice Chair
Jeff Harding, Secretary
Garret McFarland
Mark Petersen
Sharon Wilcox
Rusty Irion

Previous Trustees

Finance Committee:
Jeff Harding
Jeff Okerman
Garret McFarland
(Meets on the Wednesday before the Board of Trustee meeting at 4:00 in the President’s office.)

Human Resources Committee:
Sharon Wilcox
Mark Petersen
Rusty Irion
(Meets the fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 in the President’s office unless the Board of Trustee meeting date has been changed. May they will meet on 20th.)

Quality Committee:
Jeff Harding
Jeff Okerman
Mark Petersen
(Meets on the Wednesday before the Board of Trustee meeting at 3:00 in the President’s office.)
Trustee Agenda

Scheduled Meetings

May 20 2013

April 30 2013
Joint Trustee dinner at 6:00pm Joint MCC/DCC trustees meeting 6:30pm in the hospitality room at Terry High School

April 22 2013

March 25 2013
  • Quality Commitee rescheduled for 3/27/2013 4pm President's office

March 16 2013 8am-4pm
Retreat at the Cellar

February 25 2013

January 28 2013

December 17 2012

November 26 2012
  • HR Commitee 11/26/2012 4pm President's office
  • Quality Commitee 11/20/2012 4pm President's office

October 22 2012

September 24 2012 - Minutes

August 27 2012 - Minutes

July 23 2012 - Minutes

June 25 2012

June 21 2012 - Quality Commitee meeting 9:00am in President's Office

May 28 2012 - This meeting has been moved from the original date to May 21st.

May 21 2012

May 2 2012 - Room 313 10:00am Exit interview with Accreditation team (tentative)

April 30 2012 - Minutes
- Room 106 7:30am Board of Trustees members breakfast with Accreditation Team
8:30am Board of Trustees members meeting with Accreditation Team


April 23 2012 - This meeting has been moved from the original date to April 30th.

March 26 2012

February 27 2012

February 17,18 2012
Retreat at the Yellowstone Bluffs Bed and Breakfast

January 23 2012

December 19 2011 - Minutes

November 28 2011 - Minutes

October 24 2011

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MCC Board of Trustees
Back row: Garret McFarland, Mark Petersen, Jeff Harding, Jeff Okerman
Front row: Sharon Wilcox, Rusty Irion, Susan Stanton
 
Garret McFarland
Garret McFarland: Dr. McFarland was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2005. He has been a dentist in Miles City for 17 years. After growing up in Fort Benton, MT, he received his bachelor’s degree from Carroll College and received his DDS from the University of Minnesota Dental School. Along with being a Trustee for MCC and member of the MCC Endowment board, Garret is also active in Kiwanis, Miles City Club board, and Town and Country Club.
 
Rusty Irion
Rusty Irion: Mr. Irion was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2007. He is currently the District Conservationist for the NRCS Miles City Field Office. Raised in Powder River County, he attended MCC before returning home to work on the family ranch. Rusty has a Bachelors Degree in Agronomy with minors in Soil Science and Business Administration from Montana State University.
 
Susan Stanton
Susan Stanton: Ms. Stanton was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2006. She taught 31 years, 24 years in the Miles City Schools of which she served as librarian at Washington Middle School for 14 years. She retired in May of 2010 and is currently employed part time by Prairie Educational Service Area. She was raised on the family farm in Brusett, Montana. Sue graduated from Garfield County High School in Jordan, Montana, received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Masters in Reading from Eastern Montana College in Billings, MT. She completed a Library endorsement at Western Montana College in Dillon, MT.
 
Sharon Wilcox
Sharon Wilcox: Ms. Wilcox was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1989. She currently serves as the CEO of Custer County Community Health Center. She worked as the controller at MCC for nine years. Sharon received a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Oklahoma and is also a CPA.
 
Jeff Okerman
Jeff Okerman: Mr. Okerman was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2009. He is a rancher south of Miles City. He attended MSU Billings.
 
Jeff Harding
Jeff Harding: Mr. Harding was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2010. He is the Vice President of Island-West Investment Company. He was the assistant coach for the Lady Pioneers during the 2001 – 2002 basketball season. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations from Drake University.
 
Mark Petersen
Mark Petersen: Dr. Petersen was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2010. He is the Research Leader USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Laboratory. As the Research Leader, his job responsibilities are to conduct range and range livestock research, supervise personnel and over all operations. Mark has earned a BA in Animal Science/Zoology from the University of Hawaii, MS in Animal Science from the University of Idaho, and a PhD in animal Science from the University of Nebraska. He has received numerous awards including Teacher of the Year - College of Agriculture (Montana State University) 1991, Friend of the Student - College of Agriculture (Montana State University) – 1986.