The Butler County commissioners have appointed two new members to Butler County Community College’s board of trustees.
Butler Health System CEO Ken DeFurio and former chief academic officer at BC3 Dr. Bruce Russell will serve on the board.
The commissioners appoint BC3 trustees to six-year terms. The board is the policy-making body that provides direction and guidance to BC3’s president and administration.
DeFurio, 53, of Renfrew, who has worked for Butler Health System since 1989, began a two-year term as BC3 Trustee on Oct. 18.
Russell, 67, of Connoquenessing Township, who served as BC3’s interim chief academic officer from 2015 until his retirement in June, will begin a six-year term on Dec. 6.
DeFurio has demonstrated his leadership in health care and Russell, in education, said Ray Steffler, of Valencia, a BC3 Trustee since 1985 and its board chairman since 1999.
“BC3 can utilize both of their strengths to help us develop and strengthen our curriculum and to continue our success in educating our students,” said Steffler, an aide to state Sen. Scott E. Hutchinson, R-21, Oil City. “They are a timely addition to BC3’s Board of Trustees.”
BC3 “provides great educational opportunities to residents of all ages across eight counties,” said DeFurio, who replaces Stephen J. Newcaster on the board and whose term expires June 30, 2019.
“I believe BC3 works very hard to fulfill its mission of affordability and accessibility, and I look forward to assisting BC3 in fulfilling its mission,” DeFurio said.
