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PORTLAND-MILWAUKIE
L I E H T H A IL
T H A H S IT P H O J E C T
New Education
Leader Appointed
PCC Board fills
term of late
Harold Williams
‘Long-term contracts like this enable us to be more proactive in going after other work,"
says Jonnie L Thomas, CEO o f Triunity Engineering & Management and DBE contractor fo r
the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project.
I work here
Jonnie L Thomas runs one of the 88 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) firms that have benefited from more than 1,900 direct jobs
created by the light rail project *
’As o f September 5. 2012
September 12, 2012
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WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE GREAT
The Portland Community College
Board of Directors has sworn in and
appointed Kali Thome Ladd to fill
the board position of the late Harold
Williams. The volunteer PCC board
is responsible for the budget and
overall policy direction of the col
lege.
Ladd works in the mayor’s office
as the Education Strategies Direc
tor overseeing policy and direction
for the mayor’s key education initia
tives including the Summer Youth
Connect and Future Connect.
College officials say her involve
ment in Future Connect, a partner
ship that has been very successful
at PCC, is where Ladd was first intro
duced to the college and prompted
her to submit for the vacant board
position. Future Connect helps at
risk students overcome barriers to
succeeding in college. '
“I believe education is a game
changer, it changes lives and it can
break the cycle of poverty for gen
erations,” Ladd said. “I've witnessed
this in my own family. The opportu
nity to support PCC as an institu
tion that educates so many in the
Kali Thorne Ladd
community, is special, and form e to
help PCC serve more students is an
added bonus.”
One of Ladd’s goals as a board
member is to increase retention rates,
particularly for youth of color and
first generation college students,
plus increase access points for stu
dents to attend while helping se
cure stable funding without large
increases in tuition.
“The cost o f attending college is
a huge barrier that worries me, and
I’m dedicated to increasing finan
cial support for students. Youth can
get lost and drop out when systems
aren't in place to financially support
and keep them engaged,” she said.
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