Maria S. Farrington and Jim M. Wall have been selected to serve as chair and vice chair of the Salt Lake Community College Board of Trustees.
Farrington is a community leader with more than 24 years of
experience in local not-for-profit organizations and schools. She currently
owns a non-profit consulting business, and she is a former executive director
for Holy Cross Ministries. She has also held leadership positions at the Discovery
Gateway Children’s Museum in Salt Lake City, the United Way of Salt Lake and
the Eccles Annenberg Initiative at the Salt Lake City School District.
Farrington was appointed to the SLCC Board of Trustees in 2015 and was elected
as the board’s vice chair in 2017. She also represents the SLCC Trustees on the
SLCC Foundation Board, where she has championed many fundraising activities for
the college.
Wall worked as publisher of the Deseret News Publishing
Company, Inc. and as director of the Bonneville International Corporation from
2000 until 2010. Previous to his work at the Deseret News, he was the executive
vice president and general manager of The Denver Post. Wall has been active in
each of the communities where he has lived and has worked with the United Way,
local chambers of commerce, community and economic development organizations, college
boards, the Boy Scouts of America and local theater, opera and symphony boards.
He has served on the SLCC Board of Trustees since 2015.
“We are thrilled to have Maria and Jim leading the college’s
board of trustees,” said Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin, president of SLCC. “Both have
made significant contributions to our institution for years by providing
guidance and leadership in various college initiatives. We look forward to
continuing to work with them to increase access, enrollment and completion at
SLCC.”