Conrad Burrell Pete Penland

Conrad Burrell of Sylva has been elected for his seventh term as chairman of the Southwestern Community College Board of Trustees and Melvin Penland of Franklin has been elected for a fourth term as vice chairman.

Burrell, a retired Jackson County register of deeds, has served on the SCC board since 1996. A member of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, he is also a member of the N.C. Department of Transportation, representing the 14th Division.

Penland, a retired president of Franklin Insurance Agency, has served on the SCC board since 1997.

"I am very pleased that we will have the continued leadership of Conrad Burrell and Melvin Penland on the board," Dr. Cecil Groves, SCC president said. "Their presence is especially important as we move toward finalization of construction of the Macon Campus and begin work toward realization of an important new facility on the Jackson campus."

The SCC Board of Trustees governs the college within the framework of the Community Colleges Act of the General Statues of North Carolina.

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