Mehaffie named chair of Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Darryl D. Mehaffie of Greenville, a member of the Edison Community College Board of Trustees since 1999, has been named the chairman of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC).

He is the third Edison trustee to lead the OACC as chair in the 17-year history of the organization.

Trustee Dr. Richard N. Adams of Troy was chair from 1997 to 1999 and Trustee Lewis A. Blackford, formerly of Sidney, was chair from 2005 to 2007. Mehaffie, in fact, previously earned OACC’s Richard N. Adams Education Service Award.

The Association comprises 23 independent public community and technical colleges conceived in 1993 to promote the quality, strength, vitality and effectiveness of its member institutions.

Mehaffie, whose two-year term as chairman begins in July, is currently completing a two-year term as vice-chairman of the OACC.

As chair, Mehaffie will serve as one of four OACC officers, who include the vice-chair, secretary and treasurer. In addition, these four are members of the OACC executive committee which also includes two community college trustees, two community college presidents, and the chairs of the legislation and trustee education committees.

In his new position as chairman of the OACC, Mehaffie said he will provide overall leadership for the activities of the OACC by preparing annual objectives to address the purposes of the organization. He noted that he will also speak for the OACC and implement Board resolutions.