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May 18, 2016
Executive to Lead Community Media
A veteran ilm and television
producer who most recently has
served as a marketing and com-
munications executive with the
Oregon Episcopal School in Port-
land has been named the new
chief executive for MetroEast
Community Media.
Martin “Marty” Jones brings
more than 25 years of diverse
management, leadership, and
marketing experience to the to
the cable channel and website
serving Gresham, Troutdale,
Fairview, Wood Village, and un-
incorporated Multnomah County.
“Our Board was impressed
with Marty’s passion for story-
telling, his expertise with mar-
keting and media production,
and his leadership capabilities,”
said Shannon Chisom, MetroEast
Board vice president and search
committee chair. She noted his
Martin ‘Marty’ Jones
long-standing interest in commu-
nity media, which was sparked
through his involvement as a
teenager at a public access tele-
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chief executive oficer of Saint
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the most diverse and fastest-grow-
ing comprehensive college in the
state. He has experience in stra-
tegic planning, accreditation and
accountability initiatives and pre-
viously worked at Clark College
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in Vancouver as vice president of
instruction and workforce educa-
tion.
Mitsui has served as the Dep-
uty Assistant Secretary for Com-
munity Colleges within the Ofice
of Career, Technical and Adult
Education for the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education. In this role
he works to advance the commu-
nity college agenda of President
Obama and the Secretary of Edu-
cation. Prior to working in Wash-
ington D.C., he was the president
of North Seattle College in Wash-
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Orchestra, Houston Person, Joey
DeFrancesco and legendary jazz
royalty Ellis Marsalis.
“The experience of visiting the
Greeley Jazz Festival this year
was exhilarating,” said James
Powers, one of the Clark College
winners. “It has been said that
it can be disappointing to meet
one’s heroes, but I can say that
that is not always the case. When
speaking with some of the learned
men of music, I was greeted with
humility and kindness. Just as
important as the uplifting musical
performances, was the realization
vision center in Columbus, Ohio.
MetroEast Community Me-
dia’s mission is to invigorate civ-
ic engagement, inspire diverse
voices, and strengthen communi-
ty life.
The nonproit makes commu-
nity programming available to
the public—including coverage
of events and performances, pro-
ductions that give voice to youth
and diverse cultural communi-
ties, and coverage of local gov-
ernment meetings and elections.
“It’s wonderful to inherit a is-
cally strong organization, and I
embrace the opportunity to help
diversify and grow the revenue
for MetroEast Community Me-
dia,” Jones said.
Jones came to Portland and
OES six years ago to establish
the school’s marketing and com-
munications department.
ington.
Nish is the superintendent/pres-
ident of the Southwestern Com-
munity College District in Chula
Vista, Calif., which serves more
than 20,000 students annually. She
oversees ive administrative divi-
sions that operate student services,
academic affairs, business and i-
nance, technology and employee
services.
Public forums with the presi-
dential candidates will begin the
week of May 23 with details about
the sessions on the college’s pres-
ident search web page at pcc.edu/
presidentsearch.
that these performers were all
just regular people who have just
practiced more than I have.”
The other Clark students to re-
ceive awards were Mattias Tyni,
trumpet; Keith Cheek, tenor sax-
ophone; Anna James, tenor saxo-
phone; Jenny Baird, trombone;
Hayden Lilak, bass; Josh Gon-
zales, drums; and Sam Niborg,
drums.