 Dr. Faimous Harrison
President
Dr. Faimous Harrison took office as the thirteenth president of Wenatchee Valley College
on Jan. 3, 2023.
Dr. Harrison has over thirty-three years of broad-based knowledge as a faculty member,
researcher, student services administrator, supervisor, community, alumni, industry,
and elected official engagement officer. In his previous roles as dean of the Stockton
campus for California State University, Stanislaus, and as regional director for Campuses
and Community Partnerships at Central Washington University, he served as the chief
onsite academic and administrative officer.
During his tenure as faculty, Dr. Harrison taught more than 100 college classes and
has worked with individuals, organizations, and communities within the United States
and abroad. From 1990-2013, Dr. Harrison served as a supervisor, faculty, and administrative
roles within the Seattle College District and Edmonds College and was an adjunct faculty
or presenter at various universities. While serving as faculty and a director, he
was voted on by his peers and students as the student services and lifetime administrator
of the year, two years in a row, one of his proudest student-centered accomplishments.
He has extensive public-public and public-private partnership experiences and was
a former owner of a successful business firm. As a Rotary International Group Study
Exchange fellow, Harrison participated in the world's eradication of polio, clean
water, literacy education, and various socioeconomic disparity, inequality, and wellness
initiatives while living with host families in India. In 2008, his team was one of
the North American conference presenters in Victoria, British Columbia.
Dr. Harrison has also served as the past president, vice president, two-time chair
of research, and eleven-year member of the research division of the National Association
of Branch Campus Administrators, the premier multi-campus and branch-campus national
association.
He has a doctorate in higher education administration and leadership from Oregon State
University, a Master of Science in physical education, pedagogy, and leadership from
Seattle Pacific University, and a Bachelor of Science in sociology from the University
of Washington.
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 Dr. Tod Treat
Vice President, Instruction
Dr. Treat began serving as vice president of instruction at Wenatchee Valley College
in 2018.
Before beginning service at WVC, Tod served as executive vice president for academic
and student affairs at Tacoma Community College (2013 to 2018). Tod also served as
vice president for student and academic services at Richland Community College (2010
to 2013), and as a dean of academic services at Parkland College (2003-2008). Each
of his successful experiences in these leadership positions has required skills in
educational planning, financial management, human resource management, and community
relations. His chief accomplishments include guided pathways implementation (TCC);
applied baccalaureates in health information management (TCC), community health (TCC),
teaching (WVC), and data analytics (WVC); and strengthening WVC’s partnership with
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville (WVC) and the Richland Transfer Academy (RCC).
Dr. Treat began working at Parkland College in 1994 as a chemistry professor, teaching
general and organic chemistry. He developed the first online laboratory-based course
at Parkland, as well as a team-taught interdisciplinary course, Essentials of Forensic
Science. After completing his PhD in Human Resource Development, Dr. Treat served
as assistant professor in Workforce Development and lead faculty in the Community
College Teaching and Learning Master’s Program at the University of Illinois. Dr.
Treat has focused on collaborative work with Community Colleges for International
Development in the areas of organizational development for comprehensive internationalization,
evaluation work related to international professional development and strategic partnerships,
and conceptual work on linking institutional development to student international
workforce readiness. He is the coauthor of CCID’s Framework for Comprehensive Internationalization.
A native of St. Joseph, Illinois, Dr. Treat earned a doctorate in Human Resource Education
from the University of Illinois. He holds a master's degree in chemistry from the
University of Colorado and a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University
of Illinois.
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 Brett Riley
Vice President, Administrative Services
Prior to arriving at WVC, Brett Riley served as the director for Business Office Services,
Grants and Contract Management at Columbia Basin College. During this time, Mr. Riley
oversaw a 150% increase in sponsored funding as well as the addition of over 150,000
sq. ft. in the form of new instructional and outreach facilities. Mr. Riley also
served as Research Manager at the Sleep and Memory Research Laboratory at the University
of Michigan. During this time, Brett contributed to the publication of a number of
scientific research accomplishments, while securing increased federal funding. Brett
has taught and lectured in a number of undergraduate and graduate neuroscience classes
at Washington State University Columbia Basin College and the University of Michigan.
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 Lisa Turner
Interim Executive Director, Human Resources
Lisa Turner joined WVC as the interim executive director of Human Resources in 2024.
She has spent her career working in Human Resources. She served as HR manager at Dolco
Packaging, a local non-union manufacturing company, for 16 years. She was responsible
for all HR functions and traveled across the U.S. to other Dolco facilities to conduct
supervisor training and leadership development.
In 2007, Turner served as the HR director for classified staff at Wenatchee School
District. She was promoted to executive director of HR in 2010 and served on the superintendent’s
cabinet. In this role, she was responsible for employee development, risk mitigation,
supervisor training, onboarding, legal affairs, collective bargaining, employee safety,
wellness, and employee recognition. She served the Wenatchee School District for 12
years.
She has also been a small business owner for the last 12 years. She was a founding
owner of Turner Restoration and is the current co-owner of Community Glass. She left
the school district in 2019 and has worked full-time at her local business.
Turner was a charter member of the local Human Resource Association and served on
their board of directors for six years. She also served as the treasurer of the Washington
State Personnel Association’s Board of Directors for three years. She is in her fourth
year serving on the Numerica Performing Arts Center Board of Directors.
Turner attended San Diego State University and, after relocating to Wenatchee 32 years
ago, earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an emphasis
on Human Resources from Central Washington University. She also holds a PHR certification
in Human Resources with the Society of Human Resource Management.
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 Maria Iñiguez
Chief of Staff
Maria Iñiguez has worked at Wenatchee Valley College since June of 2019. She began
as the executive assistant to the president, and her title and role shifted to chief
of staff and secretary to the board of trustees in July 2023.
Maria is also a Wenatchee School Board member, the first elected Latina to serve in
this position. She also worked at the Wenatchee School District in various other roles
for 12 years. In addition to her work in education, she serves the community in many
ways: as a parent volunteer and team sponsor for Wenatchee Youth Baseball, team sponsor
for the Greater Wenatchee Soccer Club, volunteer scholarship reader for the Community
Foundation of North Central Washington, mentor for the Wenatchee High School College
Mentor Program, and volunteer for the Community Advancement of Family Education and
the Washington State Latino Civic Alliance.
Maria earned a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Studies and a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary
Art and Sciences with an emphasis on education from the University of Washington Tacoma.
She studied abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Cienfuegos, Cuba as part of her master’s
thesis, “Leaving Hispanic Students Behind: The Effect of the Washington Assessment
of Student Learning on Hispanic Students.”
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Dr. Diana Garza