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BETSY BECHTEL
 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 2012. 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 2014. Contact Cheng through the Chancellor's Office at (650) 949-6100 or chengpearl@fhda.edu.
LAURA CASAS FRIER, Vice President
 Casas Frier was elected without opposition in 2007 after being appointed to the board in 2005. She holds a law degree from Santa Clara University, and a bachelor's degree in political science from California State University, Northridge. Active at the state and local levels, Casas Frier was elected by her peers in 2011 to the statewide Trustees Board of the Community College League of California, and is past chair of the League’s Advisory Committee on Legislation. She is a graduate of the HOPE Leadership Institute operated by Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, and serves on the boards of Children Now, a national organization that makes children a public policy priority, and ALearn, a grassroots organization dedicated to under-represented students’ success in college. For the past decade she’s mentored students through Puente, an academic preparation program focused on college success. Her past activities include the Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board of Directors; Santa Clara County’s 6th District PTA; and the Santa Clara County League of Women Voters’ Education Committee. She co-founded a transitional home for domestic violence victims in Los Angeles and has worked as a claims representative for an international commercial liability carrier. Her term expires in 2012. Contact Casas Frier at (650) 949-6111 or casasfrierlaura@fhda.edu.
JOAN BARRAM, President
 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 2012. Contact Barram through the chancellor's office at (650) 949-6100 or barramjoan@fhda.edu.
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 2014. He can be contacted at (650) 326-4288
or swensonbruce@fhda.edu.
STUDENT TRUSTEES
Stephanie McGee
Foothill
(408) 876-9519
sm2jil@netzero.net
Emily Kinner
De Anza
emily.kinner.trustee@gmail.com
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