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Usually the first Monday of each month (see Calendar). Meetings typically start at 6:00 p.m. in the district boardroom on the Foothill College campus, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. The public may address the board during specific agenda items. For items not on the agenda, pick up a Comment Form at the start of the meeting. For further
information, contact Chancellor's Office or call 650.949.6106.
Board Highlights
This is the newsletter of Board meetings. For official records, see Minutes.
10/5/09 – Highlights
09/14/09 – Highlights
08/31/09 – Highlights
08/03/09 – Highlights
07/06/09 – Highlights
06/15/09 – Highlights
06/01/09 – Highlights
03/12/09 – Highlights
02/02/09 – Highlights
01/08/09 - Highlights
BOARD MEMBERS
Note: Terms of office for Trustees Cheng and Swenson were automatically renewed for another four years since no challengers filed papers for the November 2009 election.
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BETSY BECHTEL, President
 Bechtel, elected in 2003, is a 37-year resident of Palo Alto. She served for nine years on the city council, including one year as mayor and two as vice mayor. She holds master's and bachelor's degrees in speech pathology from Stanford University, beginning her career as a teacher in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and teaching sixth grade in San Jose upon her return to the United States. Bechtel served as a staff member for then-County Supervisor Gerry Steinberg for five years before becoming vice president at Citibank, a position she held for 15 years. She later was a vice president of J.P. Morgan. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors at Borel Bank and consults for the Palo Alto Housing Corporation. In addition to serving six years on the Foothill-De Anza Foundation board, two as president, Bechtel's extensive community service has included leadership positions in the League of Women Voters, Palo Alto Rotary Club, YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula, the Los Altos and Palo Alto Chambers of Commerce and the Committee for Green Foothills. She is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Her term expires in 2011. Contact Bechtel at 650.327.1824 or bechtelbetsy@fhda.edu.
PEARL CHENG
 Cheng, a program manager for self-sufficiency initiatives at United Way Silicon Valley, was appointed in 2008 to complete the term of Paul Fong, who was elected to the California State Assembly. She was elected without opposition in 2009. Cheng is a resident of Cupertino and served for eight years on the Cupertino Union School District Board of Education and held leadership positions with the the Santa Clara County School Boards Association. She has served on the
De Anza Commission, an auxiliary of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation that represents De Anza College in the community. She worked for many years at the NASA Ames Research Center, most recently as associate director for management operations in information sciences and technology. She holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor's in engineering from the University of Iowa. Her term expires in 2013. Contact Cheng through the Chancellor's Office at 650.949.6100 or chengpearl@fhda.edu.
LAURA CASAS FRIER
 Casas Frier, appointed in November 2005 to fill the vacancy which resulted from the passing of Andrea Leiderman, holds a law degree from Santa Clara University and a bachelor's degree in political science from California State University, Northridge. She co-founded a transitional home for domestic violence victims and their children and served for five years as chair of the Adelante Higher Education Conference, designed to encourage underrepresented high school girls to pursue higher education, among other activities. She has worked as a claims representative for an international commercial liability carrier. She has served as a member of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board of Directors. Her term expires in 2011. Contact Frier at 650.949.6111 or casasfrierlaura@fhda.edu.
JOAN BARRAM
 Barram, was appointed on Aug. 31, 2009, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former trustee Hal Plotkin. A resident of Los Altos, Barram has had a 20-year association with the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. She served for nearly a decade on the board of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation, which raises philanthropic support for the district's students and colleges. Barram is a longtime member of the advisory council of the Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College, and was a member of the "Yes on Measure C" Campaign Committee, which supported passage of the district's 2006 bond measure. Her record of public service includes the Cupertino Union School District Board of Education, where she was elected to three terms; the boards of EdSource and the California School Boards Association; Women of Silicon Valley; and the program committee of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from Wheaton College. Her term on the Board of Trustees expires in 2011. Contact Barram through the chancellor's office at 650.949.6100.
BRUCE SWENSON
 Swenson was elected to the Board in November 2005. A math instructor at Foothill College for more than two decades, Swenson subsequently served as dean of the Physical Science, Math and Engineering Division, retiring as vice president of instruction and educational resources. Since his retirement in 1999, Swenson has been a member of the Foothill Commission, one of the two college-specific auxiliary organizations of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation. Swenson earned a doctorate in education from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree in math from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor's degree in math from Stanford University. His term expires in 2013. He can be contacted at 650.326.4288
or swensonbruce@fhda.edu.
STUDENT TRUSTEES
ERICA ANDERSON
Foothill
650.949.6204
email: TBD
ISABELLE BARRIENTOS VARGAS
De Anza
408.864.8520
email: TBD
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