Maricopa Community Colleges

Governing Board


Mrs. Linda Rosenthal, Maricopa Community College Board President

Mrs. Linda B. Rosenthal
Member

District #3 VIEW MAP
Date First Elected: 1979
Years of Service: 1980-2008
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2008

COLLEGES REPRESENTED

Paradise Valley Community College
and Phoenix College

COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

Maricopa County Community College District, Maricopa County, AZ
  • MCCCD Governing Board President: 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2007
  • MCCCD Governing Board Secretary: 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003
  • Elected 1979 - 5-year term
  • Elected 1984 - 6-year term
  • Elected 1990 - 6-year term
  • Elected 1996 - 6-year term
  • Elected 2002 - 6-year term
State Board of Directors for Community Colleges (Arizona)
  • Task Force on the Future of Arizona Community Colleges (1989-1990)
  • State Board Role and Structure Committee (1990-1991)
  • Private Post Secondary School/Community College Articulation Committee (1992-1993)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Delivery of Community College Services (1998-1999)
Arizona Association of District Governing Boards (AADGB)
  • Board Member (1980 - Present)
  • Board Chair (1987-1989; 1998-1999; 2002-2003)
  • Board Vice Chair (1980-1987)
  • Board Secretary/Treasurer (2003-2004; 2006-2007)
Arizona Community College Association (ACCA)
  • President (1996-1997)
  • Vice President (1989-1990; 1991-1992; 1995-1996, 2000-2003)
  • Secretary/Treasurer (1987-1988, 2003-2004)
  • Board Member (1987 - Present)
Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
  • Board Member (1991-1997)
  • Pacific Region Chair (1991, 1995, 1996)
  • Chair Ad Hoc Public Policy Committee (1992-1993)
Other Service
  • Arizona Joint Legislative Interim Study Committee Member (1992)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Community College Finance (1992)
  • Board of Regents Commission on Higher Education Enrollment Growth (1993)
  • Association of Governing Boards (AGB), Board Chair Advisory Council (1994-1997)
  • Higher Education Study Committee (Baccalaureate) (1997-1998)
  • Learning in Retirement Associations of Arizona, Treasurer (2003)

PUBLIC SERVICE

Community
  • Arizona Silver Haired Legislature (2003)
  • League of Women Voters (1965 to Present)
    • Board Member (1967-1977)
    • Treasurer (1985-1991; 1993-1995)
  • Women in Higher Education Association (WHEA) (1987-1993)
    • Member and Treasurer
  • Arizona Women Political Caucus
  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • Candidate for Legislature (1978)
  • Deputy Registrar (1974-1984)
  • Precinct Committeewoman (1974-1984)
Organizations
  • Phoenix Union High School Integration Task Force
  • Madison School District Bond Committee and Gifted Committee
  • Arizona Association Gifted and Talented Legislative Committee
Recent Awards
  • ACCT Lifetime Membership Award, October 1992
  • Bellwether Award 1996
  • AAWCC 2000 Trustee of the Year
  • ACCT Pacific Region 2000 Trustee of the Year
  • Jewish Women International 2001 Humanitarian Award
  • Soroptimist International Women Helping Women Award 2001
  • AAWCC Woman of the Year Award 2008

EDUCATION

  • University of Vermont,1955, B.S. in Education
  • New York University, 1958, M.A. History

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