Five new board members join WVC Foundation board this year
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David Davin, Wenatchee Valley College Foundation executive director, 509-682-6415
Libby Siebens, community relations executive director, 509-682-6436 (Mon.-Thurs.)
In 2018, the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation voted in five new board members.
Board members serve a three-year term and participate on various committees toward the goal of procuring and managing donations that support WVC students, programs, faculty and staff, among other things.
The new members are:
April Clayton
April works on certification, public relations and other tasks as co-owner at her
family’s organic cherry and apple farm, Red Apple Orchards. April is also vice president
of the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Women’s (ECW) board in Lake Chelan and the Chelan/Douglas
County Farm Bureau. The ECW provides support for the church and local outreach, such
as the food bank. At the farm bureau, she runs the scholarship committee and as well
as the public relations committee.
Christy Walt
Christy is Executive Director at Chelan Douglas Counties Child Services Association.
She and her family are also actively involved with Eastmont Youth Baseball and Christy
has previously been involved with 4-H Spurs and Spokes program, the Special Olympics,
the American Cancer Society, and as an active board member with the American Association
of Administrative Healthcare Management for over eight years.
Dominick Bonny
Dominick is co-owner of Digital Media Northwest. He is also Wenatchee North Rotary
club secretary and webmaster and his family volunteers during summer helping Small
Miracles, which is a local non-profit that provides free lunches in the summertime
to children who qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program.
Lars (Erik) Holmberg
Erik is a local dentist whose past and current board service includes the North Central
Washington Hospital Foundation, Mission Ridge Ski Team, Apple Blossom Festival, Wenatchee
Football Club, Wenatchee Youth Baseball, Grand Columbia Council of Boy Scouts of America.
He is also a member of Sunrise Rotary Club.
Bryce Mackay
Bryce Mackay is an attorney at Bromiley Mackay, PLLC, a firm he started with one of
his former partners at Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, PS. His practice primarily
focuses on estate planning, probate, guardianship, business succession planning and
general counsel work for small businesses. He has served on the board of Chelan-Douglas
Community Action Council for the past four years and is currently a bishop of his
local congregation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The WVC Foundation was incorporated in 1971. It exists to build relationships between the community and the college and raise financial support for Wenatchee Valley College students, programs, faculty and staff, as well as special projects such as building campaigns like the Music and Art Center. For information on how to make a gift to the foundation, establish a scholarship or include the WVC Foundation in your estate plans, contact (509) 682-6410. Visit the WVC Foundation website at www.wvc.edu/foundation.