Board of Trustees
Board Agendas Board Minutes Budgets Board Resources
Board Goals
Board Ends Statements
Board Goals (adopted October 23, 2025)
- Strengthen governance by continuing an ongoing, structured review of Board Policies, updating them for clarity, legal compliance, and alignment with institutional priorities for all members of the college and community.
- To build capacity in the Board’s development, two pre-meeting study sessions will be held in addition to committing to the ACT Trustee Tuesday resources. Topics of interest include policy governance, the roles of a trustee, budgetary basics, and legislative advocacy.
- Promote engagement by participating in a minimum of two campus activities per quarter. During each Board meeting, these activities will be coordinated, linked to a specific Ends Statement, and progress captured on the Board Activity Assessment Report.
E-1 Student Success
Big Bend Community College provides the entire district with access to learning opportunities,
assists students in completion of their educational and workforce development goals,
develops skills for continued learning, and maintains high academic standards.
E-2 Community Engagement
Big Bend Community College supports economic development by nurturing community and
industry partnerships to enhance access and service to our district.
E-3 Stewardship
Big Bend Community College acts as a responsible steward of resources by promoting
accountability, sustainability, ethics, and prudent resource management to provide
quality and affordable resources to our district.
E-4 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Big Bend Community College fosters inclusiveness for students, employees, and visitors
by maintaining a safe learning environment promoting cultural inclusiveness and respect
by embracing diversity, access, opportunity, and equity.
Vision:
Be our community’s first choice to dream, learn, and succeed.
Mission:
Serve as a Bridge
Stand as a Leader
Support for Success
Guiding Principles:
Honor our Role as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Advocate for Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity
Embrace our Workplace Norms
Innovate Proactively
Model Integrity
Educate All
Board Members
Board Chair, Amy Parris
Appointed September 2021, Amy Parris is the Director of School
to Career, AVID District Director, and oversees the Health
and Wellness programs in the Othello School District. She holds
a Master of Education in Counseling from Heritage University and
served on the 2019-Presidential Search Committee.
She enjoys spending time with her family.
Vice Chair, Bethany Martinez
Appointed in 2022, Bethany Martinez is originally from Olympia, WA.
As a student teacher, her placement took her away from Western
Washington to Mattawa where she now lives, and has taught every
grade from kinder-12th grade in various roles over the past 18 years.
An advocate for multilingual learners and their families, she is now
the Director of Multilingual & Multicultural Services at Wahluke School
District. Bethany also serves on OSPI’s Dual Language Steering
Committee and is active in many other committees across the state.
Outside of education, she is busy raising her three children, helping
coach youth sports, and is secretary of the sports non-profit Wahluke United.
Gary Chandler
Appointed January 2022. Gary Chandler is the Vice President of Strategic
Affairs for the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB). He previously
served as AWB’s Vice President of Government Affairs for 20 years before
moving into his current role in October of 2021. He serves on the AWB
Board of Directors and has served on the Big Bend Foundation Board since 2008.
Chandler served as a legislator (1990-2002) and co-chaired the House of Agriculture
and Ecology Committee and served on the Natural Resources and Transportation
committees. He was elected to the legislature from Moses Lake and served in
the seat occupied by his father, Glyn and also served as a
Grant County Commissioner. Chandler is a proud Big Bend graduate and
owns the UPS store in Moses Lake where he lives with his wife Deborah.
Anna Franz, J.D.
Appointed March 2012 and reappointed October 2015. Partner; Kenison Franz.
Associate’s Degree, Big Bend Community College; BA with distinction, Economics,
University of Washington; J.D., University of Washington. Current: Member,
Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys; Secretary, Lind Gun Club;
Certified Hunter Education Instructor, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Resident of Moses Lake, WA.
Rosendo Alvarado
Appointed in 2024, Alvarado is the plant manager for Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
and a native of Moses Lake. Before transitioning into his current role, he was
Head of Operations at Sila and before that, he spent 26 years in various roles
for REC Silicon. In his current role, Alvarado oversees all aspects of Sila’s new
Moses Lake facility from staffing and commissioning to orchestrating operations
and engineering support. He is uniquely positioned for this new appointment at
Big Bend as the college is working with a variety of high-tech manufacturers to
meet their rapidly growing need for a highly trained workforce.