BILL HOGAN has lived in Palmer 12 years and is past chief executive of LifeQuest, a community mental health center now called Mat-Su Behavioral Health Services.
In a letter to the selection committee, Hogan said he has worked with the University of Alaska to initiate a "behavioral health workforce alliance that resulted in expanded rural human services, nursing, BSW (bachelor's in social work) and MSW (master's in social work) program capacity as well as the creation of the first Ph.D. psychology program."
Meet Hogan at a community forum scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mat-Su College cafe.
FRED SMITH is a program director and instructor at Tillamook Bay Community College and Klamath County School District in Oregon, where he develops curriculum and infrastructure for community college industrial training and vocational technical education programs, according to his resume.
He was president of Klamath Community College from 2004 to 2007.
In a letter to the selection committee, he states that he was part of a team that built a new community college district in Oregon, helped implement Oregon's first voice, data and video-over-Internet-Protocol distance education program and developed a statewide curriculum for high school industrial and engineering courses.
Meet Smith at a community forum scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 19 at the college cafe.
BETSY VOGEL-BOZE is a senior fellow with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, a leadership organization of 430 public colleges and universities. She is a former UAA associate professor of marketing. She is currently on leave from her position as marketing professor at Kent State University Stark for the fellowship.
She was chief executive of Kent State Stark from 2005 to 2009.
In her letter to the selection team, Vogel-Boze said she has ties to Mat-Su: Her son and grandchildren live on Lazy Mountain. She also stated she has "developed a culture of planning and accountability" at Kent State Stark, a process that began by asking community leaders how the campus could better serve as an economic engine for the region. With "powerful positioning and branding strategies," she helped raise the campus profile and reputation, and she recruited two U.S. congressmen, a judge and a state senator as distinguished alumni and involved other community leaders in college boards, activities she said helped secure funding for university programs and projects.
Meet Vogel-Boze at a community forum scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 21 at the college cafe.