Governing Board

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

RESIDENCE & E-MAIL

• Married to Dr. Martin G. Rosenthal (retired)
• Three adult children, seven grandchildren
• e-mail: linda.rosenthal@domail.maricopa.edu