Who We Are
The Mendocino College Foundation supports Mendocino College in educating leaders, fostering intellectual growth, and enriching lives by creating opportunities to invest in a better future for our students and communities.
Board of Directors
from left to right: Tod Kong, Tom Herman, Barbara Rice, Donald Coursey, Eliza Fields, Jay Epstein, Irma Turner, Todd McMahon, Marilyn Harden, Linda Chapman, Tom Dow, Kim Bradley, Jerry Chaney, Katie Fairbairn, Anna Kvinsland, Eileen Cichocki, Mark DeMeulenaere.
not pictured: Gregory Cavalin, Channing Cornell, Timothy Karas, Matthew Kendall, Tina Rader, Travis Scott.
Board of Directors
from left to right: Tod Kong, Tom Herman, Barbara Rice, Donald Coursey, Eliza Fields, Jay Epstein, Irma Turner, Todd McMahon, Marilyn Harden, Linda Chapman, Tom Dow, Kim Bradley, Jerry Chaney, Katie Fairbairn, Anna Kvinsland, Eileen Cichocki, Mark DeMeulenaere.
not pictured: Gregory Cavalin, Channing Cornell, Timothy Karas, Matthew Kendall, Tina Rader, Travis Scott.
Executive Team
not pictured: Marilyn Harden, Immediate Past President; Timothy Karas, Secretary/Treasurer; Travis Scott, Special Events Committee Chair.
Executive Team
not pictured: Marilyn Harden, Immediate Past President; Timothy Karas, Secretary/Treasurer; Travis Scott, Special Events Committee Chair.
Committees
executive committee
Chair: Tom Dow, President
The Executive Committee meets four times each year and is chaired by the Foundation President. The committee includes the Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, Immediate Past President and Scholarship Committee Chair
finance
committee
Chair: Mark DeMeulenaere
The Finance Committee members oversee, supervise and make recommendations to the Board regarding the investment, allocation and disbursement of the corporation’s financial assets.
scholarship committee
Chair: Jerry Chaney
The Committee meets annually to select recipients for all the endowed scholarships provided by the Foundation.
special events committee
(ad hoc)
Chair: Travis Scott
This committee plans and executes fundraising events for student scholarships and programs at Mendocino College.
land
committee
(ad hoc)
Chair: Tom Herman
The Committee manages, maintains, oversees and makes recommendations to the Board involving the disposition of real property as needed.
governance
committee
(ad hoc)
Chair: Channing Cornell
The Governance Committee is the official nominating committee for the Foundation. Members recruit, review and recommend new Directors to the Board.
Executive Committee Details
member list
Chair: Tom Dow, President
Linda Chapman, Vice President
Marilyn Harden, Immediate Past President
Timothy Karas, Secretary/Treasurer
Mark DeMeulenaere, Finance Committee Chair
Jerry Chaney, Scholarship Committee Chair
Tom Herman, Land Committee Chair
Travis Scott, Special Events Committee Chair
Channing Cornell, Governance Committee Chair
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
Eliza Fields
meets
Quarterly
Finance Committee Details
member list
Chair: Mark DeMeulenaere
Channing Cornell
Greg Cavalin
Marilyn Harden
Tod Kong
Timothy Karas
Tom Dow
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
Joe Atherton
Eliza Fields
meets
Quarterly
Scholarship Committee Details
member list
Chair: Jerry Chaney
| Kim Bradley Greg Cavalin Linda Chapman Channing Cornell Donald Coursey Mark DeMeulenaere Tom Dow Jay Epstein Marilyn Harden |
Tom Herman Timothy Karas Matthew Kendall Tod Kong Todd McMahon Tina Rader Barbara Rice Travis Scott Irma Turner |
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
Eliza Fields
Anna Kvinsland
meets
Annually to read scholarship applications in early March and participates in the awards ceremony in May
Special Events Committee Details (Ad Hoc)
member list
Chair: Travis Scott
Linda Chapman
Tod Kong
Irma Turner
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
Jonathan Dooley
meets
As Needed
Land Committee Details (Ad Hoc)
member list
Chair: Tom Herman
Channing Cornell
Mark DeMeulenaere
Timothy Karas
Irma Turner
Todd McMahon
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
Eliza Fields
meets
As Needed
Governance Committee Details (Ad Hoc)
member list
Chair: Channing Cornell
Jerry Chaney
resource member
Katie Fairbairn
meets
As Needed