West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) received two top awards honoring board members at the annual Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Leadership Conference in Savannah.

The Board of Directors earned the Technical College Directors’ Association (TCDA) board certification for the entire board for the tenth consecutive year. To become TCDA certified, local board members must complete required workshops and activities that educate board members on various policies and procedures concerning WGTC and TCSG. The majority of the required workshops are taught at the Leadership Conference each year. Other requirements include attending 80% of college board meetings and touring the College campus.

The WGTC Board of Directors is led by Noah Zehr of Troup County and includes Nilesh Sivaramakrishnan and Terrance Youmans of Carroll County, Jim Mottola and Michael Robertson of Coweta County, Beverly Tate of Douglas County, Bill Hightower of Haralson County, Angie Roberts of Heard County, and Dr. Bob Patterson of Meriwether County.

WGTC Foundation’s Board of Trustees received an award for attaining role model foundation board certification from the Technical College Foundation Association (TCFA) for the eighth consecutive year. TCFA is a membership organization that represents the 25 TCSG foundations and over 600 trustees statewide. To achieve TCFA Role Model Foundation Board Certification, the board must engage in excellent business practices and demonstrate the highest level of commitment. Each board member must be actively involved in the work of the board throughout the year by participating in board and committee meetings, college events, leadership activities, professional development, and fundraising initiatives on behalf of the college.

Members of the WGTC Foundation Board of Trustees include Mark Foster (Chair), Ned Fowler (Vice Chair), Aaron Mabon (Treasurer), Will Berry, Marco Brown, Jane Fryer, Linda McWhorter, Martha Murphy Long, Allen Parham, Tripp Sewell, and Marie Swope.

West Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, and Troup counties and class sites in Heard and Meriwether counties, offers more than 120 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, West Georgia Tech is one of the largest of the state’s 22 technical colleges. For more information, please visitwww.westgatech.edu.