The Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges has announced that its board of directors has elected the following people to the board’s executive committee to serve a term from July 1 through June 30, 2025:

Chair: Tuesday Stanley, Ed.D., president of Westmoreland County Community College

Vice Chair: Ann D. Bieber, Ed.D., president of Lehigh Carbon Community College

Secretary: Catherine R. O’Donnell, J.D., MBA, Board of Trustees Chair of Luzerne County Community College

Treasurer: Robert Fehnel, Board of Trustees Chair of Northampton Community College

Bieber was appointed the fifth president of Lehigh Carbon Community College in 2014. She began her career at the college in 1981 and over the years held numerous positions including senior vice president of administrative services and dean of continuing education.

She also serves as a member of the Lehigh Valley Partnership and on the board of directors for the Workforce Board Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, KidsPeace, Manufacturers Resource Center, Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Century Promise and the DaVinci Science Center.

Fehnel was elected chair of the Northampton Community College board of trustees in 2014, after serving as vice chair for 10 years. His long and distinguished service on the board exceeds 35 years, including 25 years as chair of the board’s finance and college facilities committee.

Pennsylvania’s 15 community colleges, with 80 campus locations, are the largest provider of postsecondary education and workforce training in the Commonwealth. The colleges educate over 230,000 students from all 67 counties.

The Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges is a nonprofit, volunteer membership association and the primary advocate for Pennsylvania’s 15 community colleges. Members include the college presidents, members of the colleges’ boards of trustees and key college administrators.

PACCC provides leadership on issues affecting the colleges and represents the collective needs, vision and values of the colleges to state and federal policymakers.