Seven Added to York College Board of Trustees

Seven new members will begin serving on the York College Board at the trustees’ spring meeting.  


Dr. Wayne White, board chair, announced the new selections, saying, “I am excited about the breadth of perspective, experience and leadership these new board members add to our efforts to grow the college and ensure its future.

“This group is a great mix of those with long-time loyalties to the college along with friends who are newly energized by the mission of York College. This expansion follows a recent period of evaluation when we added no new board members. Including the three trustees added last year, our board is now far more diverse in every respect, and the average age of a York College trustee has decreased by more than a decade. I am excited about the future of our board and how we can help shape York College for years to come.”
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The seven new trustees are Dr. Damon Cathey of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Christine Eggar of West Point, Mont., Mr. Rick Hendricks of Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Kim Hoyt of Grand Junction, Colo., Mrs. Conay Huizar of Scottsdale, Ariz., Ms. Marilyn Locus of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Mr. Benjamin Smail of Omaha.

Dr. Cathey is an executive principal in the Metro Nashville Public School District. He has served in several administrative roles in Nashville as well as other districts in Tennessee and New Mexico. Cathey received his Ed.D. from the Peabody College at Vanderbilt University and in 2018 he was selected as one of the 100 Leading African Americans in Nashville. He and his wife, Paulette, have two children.

Eggar serves as superintendent and teacher for Frontier School in Wolf Point which serves an area that includes the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. She is a longtime educator who holds a master’s in education from the University of Northern Colorado. She and her husband, Shawn, have two children.

Hendricks returns to the board after a three-year absence. A 1971 alumnus, Hendricks grew up on a farm near McCool Junction and worked for the college in the late 1970s. He had served on the board from 1993 to 2018, with many of those years as vice-chair. Hendricks is retired from Community Care of Oklahoma. Rick and his wife, Janice, have two children.

Hoyt, a 2002 graduate, is a physician assistant who completed her professional training at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. During her student days at York, she played four years of varsity basketball. Kim and her husband, Darrel, have two sons.

Huizar attended York College in the 1990s and completed her studies at Cedarville University and World Harvest University. She is a realtor investment strategist in the Phoenix area with considerable fundraising experience, including a multi-year stint as director of development with the Phoenix Boys Choir. She and her husband, Trent, have three children.

Locus is an attorney and business professional currently with the Cintas Corporation, serving as regional human resources director for the western United States. After earning her law degree from Southern Methodist University, Locus has worked in labor relations and human resources with several Fortune 500 companies.

Smail, a 2012 graduate, is a realtor with Better Homes and Gardens and a top real estate agent in the Omaha Metro market. He has received the Emerald Elite Award the last four years, which recognizes the top 1 percent of realtors within Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate nationally. Smail is married to Megan (Grimes), YC class of 2010.