Jeanne Bennett

Trustee at Clark College

Jeanne Bennett is the retired CEO of Workforce Southwest Washington, a Vancouver resident, and a longtime community leader. She began her career working as a congressional staff member, first for Oregon Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse and then for Congressman Brian Baird in Washington. After that, she moved on to leadership positions in Evergreen School District 112's Youth Workforce Program, the Mount St. Helens Institute, and finally Workforce Southwest Washington, where she managed local investments of more than $10 million annually in individuals’ workforce skills training and development.

In her retirement, Bennett remains active in her community, including serving as Board Chair for Columbia Play Project.

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Vancouver, United States

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Clark College

Clark College is a public community college in Washington State, serving up to 12,000 students per quarter in highly respected programs including Addiction Counselor Education, Automotive Technology, Computer Science, Culinary (Cuisine and Baking), Data Networking and Cybersecurity, Dental Hygiene, Engineering, Mechatronics, Nursing, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy, and Welding, among others. In addition to our technical programs, Clark offers exceptional academic courses for students completing an associate degree. The college currently offers classes at two satellite locations, on the Washington State University Vancouver campus, and the Columbia Tech Center in East Vancouver in addition to the main campus in downtown Vancouver. Additionally, its non-credit Community and Continuing Education provides community education and job and career training classes.