Utah Board of Higher Education

Bridgerland Technical College

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Minutes

 

Board Members Present                                                      Board Members Absent

Lisa-Michele Church, Chair                                                 Sanchaita Datta

Jesselie Anderson, Vice Chair                                              Julie Beck

Grace Acosta                                                                            Stacey Bettridge

Stan Albrecht                                                                          Arthur Newell

Rich Christiansen                                                                   Steve Starks

Hope Eccles

Korianne Gibson

Patricia Jones

Shawn Newell

Scott Theurer

Xitlalli Villanueva

Rick Wheeler

 

Office of the Commissioner

Dave Woolstenhulme, Deputy Commissioner

Geoffrey Landward, Deputy Commissioner

Nate Talley, Deputy Commissioner & CFO

Alison Adams-Perlac, General Counsel

Brynn Fronk, Executive Assistant to the Board of Higher Education

Melissa Van Hien, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner/Office Manager

 

Bridgerland Technical College Board of Trustees

Eric Wamsley, Chair

Nancy Kennedy, Vice Chair

Karina Brown

Jack Draxler

Paul Nelson

Neil Perkes

Mark Smoot

 

Bridgerland Technical College Administration/Staff

Chad Campbell, President

Wendy Carter, Executive Vice President

Emily Hobbs, Chief of Staff

Lisa Moon, Vice President for Instruction

Jaxon Robison, Information Systems Specialist

 

 

Vice Chair Anderson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

 

 

President’s Report and Board of Trustees Report

 

Trustee Chair Eric Wamsley thanked the Commissioner and the Board for supporting Bridgerland Technical College (BTECH). He provided an update on the college from the perspective of the Board of Trustees.

 

President Chad Campbell updated the Board on the state of the college. He summarized BTECH’s mission and roles for the Board. He updated the Board on what is working well at BTECH. President Campbell shared that one of the challenges for the technical colleges is that the capital improvement process has little funding. There needs to be a mechanism for technical colleges to renovate existing facilities. He highlighted the college’s campus events from the last few years, including the COE site visit, Custom Fit Program, NASA HUNCH, and LEAP Scholarship Gala. The Board members asked President Campbell about access and completion and thanked him for his contributions.

Board member Shawn Newell made a motion to go into closed session for the purposes of discussing the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual; Board member Albrecht seconded the motion, and the Board members in attendance voted unanimously in favor. The motion passed.

 

Closed Session

Board member Eccles made a motion to end closed session. Board member Wheeler seconded the motion, and the Board members in attendance voted unanimously in favor. The motion passed.

The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ___________________________

Geoffrey Landward, Secretary

 

Date Approved: June 30, 2023