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PCC board member Harold Williams honored
Photos and Story by James Hill
Longtime Portland Community College board member Harold Williams has been selected as the Pacific Region Trustee Leadership Award Recipient for 2010.
Left to right, Harold Williams is congratulated by PCC President Preston Pulliams.
The award recognizes the contribution made by trustees, chief executives and faculty members to community colleges. The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) annually recognizes one trustee, chief executive, faculty member or professional board staff from each of its five regions.
Appointed in 1990, Williams represents Zone 2 in North Portland and Columbia County. Williams is president of CH2A Associates, a contracting firm. He has been a labor relations manager and equal employment opportunity coordinator for the State of Oregon and served as affirmative action director for former Gov. Bob Straub. He is a member of the Black Leadership Conference, the Urban League, is past chair of the Coalition of Black Men, and served on the board of the Oregon Community College Association. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Portland State University and lives in northeast Portland.
ACCT is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond. The ACCT website is www.acct.org.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »