Sherry Armijo, Vice Chair
Appointed in 2009. Sherry Armijo is Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Abadan in Richland Washington. Sherry attended CBC in the mid-1980s and graduated from Eastern Washington University with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Economics. She is a graduate of Leadership Tri-Cities, a founding member of the Hispanic Academic Achievers Program (HAAP), a board member of the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce and was a former president and board member of the Eastern Washington chapter of March of Dimes. She lives in Pasco with her husband, Frank, who is a former CBC Trustee, and their two daughters.
Email: sarmijo@columbiabasin.edu
Bill Gordon
Appointed October 2013. Commissioner, Franklin County PUD. BA, Hotel Administration, WSU. Current Member: Energy Northwest Bd. of Dir.; Washington Public Utility District Association; Policy Maker Council, American Public Power Association; Northwest Public Power Association; Pasco Chamber of Commerce; Sun Willow Homeowner Association; Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce; Washington Wheat Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Former: Washington Wine Commission; Washington Horticulture Association; Elks of Colfax; Washington Wine Grape Growers Association; Washington Potato Association; Sigma Iota Honorary Hotel Fraternity. Spouse: Laura, one child. 204 Willow Ct., Pasco, WA 99301.
Phone: 509-544-0231 (h), 509-521-6400 (c), 509-546-0404 (fax)
Email: bgordon@columbiabasin.edu (email).
Kedrich Jackson
Appointed October 2012. Enrolled Agent Tax Preparer/Business Consultant. BS, Mechanical Engineering. Current: Board Member, United Way; Operations Chairman and Board Member, Columbia Basin Badger Club; Member, National Association of Tax Preparers. Former: Alumni Chair, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE); Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Spouse: Avonté, two children.
Phone: 509-547-3961 (work), 509-547-3962 (fax)
Email: kjackson@columbiabasin.edu
David L. Mitchell, Chair
Appointed October 2010. Duke Mitchell is Board Chair, 2012-13. Retired Project Controls professional (budget, cost, schedule, performance measures, contract administration/support), Hanford Nuclear Reservation (18 years). Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel (20 years active duty). BS, Management, U.S. Air Force Academy; MS, Safety & Systems Management, University of Southern California (USC). Current: Chair, Richland Public Library Board of Trustees, 2011-13; Life Member, USAF Academy Association of Graduates; Life Member, Military Officers Association of America; Member, The American Legion, Benton City/Richland Chapter; member, WSU Tri-Cities Advisory Council of Community Leaders, 2011-13. Former: Treasurer, Tri-Cities-based Afro Americans for an Academic Society. Spouse: Janet, two children.
Email: dlmitchell@columbiabasin.edu