Edmonds Community College President

Jack Oharah, President of Edmonds Community College, came to Edmonds in 1996 from Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, where he served as Executive Vice President of Instruction and Development since 1986.

Professional Memberships include:

• Alliance for Corporate Education - Board member
• Association of Community College Trustees - Presidents' Advisor
• Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology - Board member
• Snohomish, Island and Skagit Counties (SIS) - Board member
• Washington Association of Community and Technical Colleges (WACTC) - Executive Committee, Corrections Education Committee, Center for Information Services Committee, Strategic Planning Committee - Chair

Local Involvement, including business, community, youth, education and legislative programs:

• Snohomish County Economic Development Council - board member
• Snohomish County Workforce Development Council - board member
• Snohomish County BluePrint 2010 - co-chair
• Snohomish County Executive's office - Citizen's Cabinet
• Leadership Snohomish County - Advisory Committee
• Prosperity Partnership - Board member
• Edmonds Public Facilities District - Board member
• State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Higher Education

• 1984 – Post Doctoral Work, University of Iowa, Organizational Analysis
• 1980 – Ph.D. University of Iowa, Higher Education and Community College Administration and Vocational Education
• 1979 – Ed.S. University of Iowa, Community College Administration
• 1970 – M.S. Kansas State College of Pittsburg, Trade and Industrial Education
• 1970 – B.S. Kansas State College of Pittsburg, Industrial Arts Education

Oharah and his wife, Elaine, have three grown children and eight grandchildren.