The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Delta College.
Delta College is one of the top community colleges in the country. We are known for innovation, community leadership, teaching excellence and for graduates who make a difference in our communities.
One of the unique features of Delta is that its service area consists of three counties – Bay, Midland and Saginaw. Three representatives from each county make up the nine member board. Each nominee is elected by ballots cast in all three counties at the November election, and serves a six year term. The term of office begins on January 1 of the year following the election of the trustee. Trustees serve as volunteers, and are not paid for their services.
To maintain a clear governing philosophy and structure, the Board regularly reviews its bylaws (PDF) and operating parameters (PDF).
Current Board of Trustees
Bay County
Elected November 2022 (1st term)
Term expires December 2028
Elected November 2014 (1st term)
Elected November 2020 (2nd term)
Term expires December 2026
1988 graduate of Delta College
Appointed November 2012
Elected November 2012 (1st term)
Elected November 2018 (2nd term)
Term expires December 2024
1990 graduate of Delta College
Midland County
Elected November 2018 (1st term)
Term expires December 2024
2020 graduate of Delta College
Appointed September 2013
Elected November 2014 (1st term)
Elected November 2020 (2nd term)
Term expires December 2026
2014 graduate of Delta College
Appointed August 2021
Elected November 2022 (1st term)
Term expires December 2028
Saginaw County
Appointed February 2021
Elected November 2022 (1st term)
Term expires December 2026
Elected November 2022 (1st term)
Term expires December 2028
Elected November 2018 (1st term)
Term expires December 2024
Delta College President & Board Officers
Delta College President
2021 - Present
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Vice President of Business & Finance
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Executive Director of Administrative Services and Institutional Effectiveness
2000 graduate of Delta College
Past Board Members
- Oscar M. Anderson
1957-1974 - Leonard Bergstein
1957-1964 - Maurice E. Brown
1957-1963 - George Butterfield
1957-1966 - William R. Collings
1957-1976 - Donald C. Durman
1957-1964 - Harry Hawkins
1957-1963, 1967-1972 - Ralph Powell
1957-1958 - Jane N. Sutton
1957-1972 - Lloyd W. Bartlett
1958-1971 - Russell Schafer
1958-1963 - Herbert H. Dow II
1961-1964 - Otto Pressprich
1965 - Melvin Zahnow
1963-1965 - John E. Riecker
1964-1966 - James Stuart
1961-1966 - Clarence Graebner
1963-1967 - Fred Chapin
1961-1968 - John Stewart
1965-1968 - Robert Boyse
1968-1971 - Elwyn Bodley
1971-1972 - Donald Law
1972 - Sylvester Stephens
1971-1972 - Arthur T. Lippert Jr.
1967-1973 - Patricia Bailey
1973-1974
- Maxine M. Clarey
1973-1974 - Richard Learman
1963-1965, 1967-1974 - Donald Hall
1964-1965, 1966-1974 - Donald R. Mitchell
1973-1976 - Philip C. Dean
1968-1979 - Scott J. Newcombe
1975-1979 - Harry E. Miles Jr.
1973-1983 - Stuart J. Bergstein
1974-1984 - Robert G. App
1972-1986 - Douglas M. Anderson
1987-1988 - William J. Hargreaves
1977-1988 - Lynn Miller Jr.
1985-1990 - Ralph I. Selby
1979-1990 - Donald C. Slachta
1983-1990 - David R. Gamez
1988-1992 - Charles M. Graham
1991-1992 - Brock Neely
1974-1992 - Annette Deibel
1975-1993 - Velma A. Phillips
1990-1996 - Marian R. Purdue
1993-1996 - Frances G. Ruhl
1990-1996 - Paul A. Rowley
1979-1998 - Ruth M. Jaffe
1976-1999 - John A. Fuller
1989-2000 - Marcia B. Goffney
1997-2001
- Smallwood Holoman Jr.
1997-2002 - Gloria A. Woods
1997-2002 - Meade A. Gougeon
1999-2003 - Richard J. Dolinski
1993-2004 - Michael H. Straty
2003-2005 - Thomas H. Lane
2000-2010 - Kim Higgs
2006-2012 - Martha (Marty) P. Fitzhugh
2003-2006, 2012 - Kathy Ellison
2010-2013 - Jack R. MacKenzie
2003-2014 - Robert Stafford
2005-2014 - Edith (Dee Dee) Wacksman
1999-2016 - Kimberly R. Houston
2005-2016 - R. Earl Selby
1992-2018 - Mary C. Morrissey
2015-2018 - Kelley A. Peatross
2018 - Karen L. Lawrence-Webster
2001-2020 - Andre L. Buckley
2017-2021 - Mary Lou Benecke
2017-2022 - The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Emrich
1993-2022
