Search Committee

The Presidential Search Advisory Committee formed by the Board of Trustees included BC community members who brought expertise to the priorities identified in the Presidential Profile. Committee members committed to upholding strict confidentiality about the search process and each signed a Confidentiality Agreement. 

Presidential Search Advisory Committee Members

  • Rich Fukutaki, Trustee & Search Advisory Committee Chair
  • Dr. Consuelo Grier, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) & Search Advisory Committee DEI Advocate
  • Richard Leigh, Trustee
  • Frances Dujon-Reynolds, Vice President of Human Resources 
  • Jennie Mayer, Chemistry Faculty & Achieving the Dream (ATD) Co-Lead 
  • Sara Sanders Gardner, Director of the Neurodiversity Navigators Program
  • Dr. Alicia Keating Polson, Executive Director of the President’s Office 

The purpose of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee was to recommend 3-4 unranked finalist candidates to the Board of Trustees, based on the criteria in the Presidential Profile.

Search Consultants 

Bellevue College partnered with Veena Abraham, J.D. and Robert Luke at EQU Advisors on this presidential search. Please visit EQU Advisors for additional information.

Last Updated March 27, 2023