TACOMA, Wash. – At its July 28 meeting, the Bates Technical College board of trustees elected Stanley J. Rumbaugh as board chair and Theresa Pan-Hosley as vice chair for the 2009–2010 academic year.
An attorney with Rumbaugh, Rideout, Barnett & Adkins, Rumbaugh is a current member and past chair of the Tacoma Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners and serves as a member of the World Affairs Council, Tacoma branch. Governor Gary Locke appointed Rumbaugh as a Bates Technical College trustee in March 2002, and Governor Christine Gregoire re-appointed him in 2008.
Theresa Pan-Hosley is owner of Star Tours in Tacoma and serves as the president of both Associate Travel Inc. and Marco Polo Tours in Seattle. She is the current president of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation; a trustee of the Annie Wright School; and a current board member of both the Pike Place Market Foundation and the World Affairs Council, Tacoma branch. Pan-Hosley has served as principal of the Tacoma Chinese Language School and was a member of the Fuzhou and Taichun sister cities steering committees. Governor Locke also appointed Pan-Hosley as a Bates trustee in March 2002, and Governor Gregoire re-appointed her in 2008.
Both Rumbaugh and Pan-Hosley will assume office at the Sept. 29 board of trustees meeting.
About Bates Technical College
The governor of Washington State appoints a five-member board of trustees composed of community representatives to govern Bates Technical College. The board’s role is to develop and oversee college policy in accordance with state law. Bates is Washington’s largest public technical college, providing quality, affordable education to more than 15,000 students each year.
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