{"id":110063,"date":"2022-11-27T00:28:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110063"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:36:14","slug":"incumbent-two-newcomers-elected-to-board-of-trustees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110063","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent, two newcomers elected to Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVERSE CITY &#8212; Rachel Johnson, Laura Oblinger and Ken Warner were elected to six-year terms on the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees Tuesday, in an election that attracted the largest slate of candidates in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7fecc0a0a00b84f0baad65cd8884brachel-johnson-high-resolution-2020-2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rachel Johnson photo\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7fd2c0a0a00b84f0baad699c63fe3rachel-johnson-2020-2.jpg\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><span class=\"AlignCaptionRight\">Rachel Johnson<br \/>(click for high-resolution version)<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7ff220a0a00b84f0baad6cfd9d56blaura-oblinger-high-resolution-2020-2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Laura Oblinger photo\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7fc430a0a00b84f0baad6e0b60498laura-oblinger-2020-2.jpg\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><span class=\"AlignCaptionRight\">Laura Oblinger<br \/>(click for high-resolution version)<\/span>Current board vice-chair Johnson was re-elected, and first-time candidates Oblinger and Warner received the three highest vote totals from Grand Traverse County voters. Oblinger and Warner will succeed K. Ross Childs and Jane T. McNabb, who did not seek re-election. All three will be sworn in Jan. 1, 2021, for six-year terms expiring in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to welcome these new trustees, and appreciate the interest in the college shown by all the candidates,&#8221; said NMC President Nick Nissley. &#8220;We&#8217;re also grateful for the service of Trustees Childs and McNabb, and wish them well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was appointed to fill a vacancy in 2016 and first elected in 2018 to fill the remainder of her current term. She serves on the NMC Audit Committee, the Policy Committee and the Presidential Performance &amp; Compensation Committee and is the member relations manager at Cherryland Electric Cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>Oblinger, an NMC alumna, is a Traverse City native. The past executive director of the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce, she now is director of client services and business development for Rehmann.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7fe1e0a0a00b84f0baad6c3f0f204ken-warner-high-resolution-2020-2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ken Warner photo\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/93d7fda00a0a00b84f0baad655684ae4ken-warner-2020-2.jpg\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><span class=\"AlignCaptionRight\">Ken Warner<br \/>(click for high-resolution version)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Warner is retired from the University of Michigan, where he spent 45 years as a professor, including 15 as a department chair and School of Public Health dean.<\/p>\n<p>Childs was one of NMC&#8217;s longest-serving trustees, appointed to the board in 2001 and first elected in 2002. McNabb was appointed in 2017 and elected in 2018 to fill the remainder of a term that expires Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<h3>Release date: November 4. 2020<\/h3>\n<h2>For more information:<\/h2>\n<p>Diana Fairbanks<br \/>Executive Director, NMC Public Relations, Marketing &amp; Communications<br \/>(231) 995-1019<br \/><a href=\"mailto:dfairbanks@nmc.edu\">dfairbanks@nmc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"nondiscrimination-notice\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h3>NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE<\/h3>\n<address>Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/about\/policies\/non-discrimination\/index.html\">nmc.edu\/non-discrimination<\/a><\/address>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVERSE CITY &#8212; Rachel Johnson, Laura Oblinger and Ken Warner were elected to six-year terms on the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees Tuesday, in an election that attracted the largest slate of candidates in 30 years. 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