COCC board names new chair in wake of resignation
The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors met in special session on Monday and selected Laura Craska Cooper to become the board chair, following last week’s resignation of John Mundy.
Mundy had been on the board since July 2015 and became chair in July 2018. Craska Cooper, who has been on the board since 2012, was the vice chair, and had previously served as chair, in 2014-15. She represents Zone 2 in the COCC District, which consists of all of Crook County and precincts 12, 19 and 41 in eastern Deschutes County. Erica Skatvold of Bend was elected vice chair.
The board then directed staff to begin advertising the opening on the board, hoping to fill it in time for the successful applicant to take part in the search process for a new president of COCC.
Mundy represented Zone 5, so any applicant must live in that area. Zone 5 includes most of the city of Bend, except for precincts 1, 7, 11, 20 and 35 in the norther part of the city.
The board also appointed Skatvold to serve on the Presidential Search Advisory Committee, along with Craska Cooper. The committee, made up for faculty, staff, students, board members and representatives from the community, has been meeting to assist in the search process.
