Board of Trustees Meeting

Location

Community members in need of space on campus to join the zoom meeting can utilize the conference room in Building 12

Minutes

Attendees

Board of Trustees: Chair Swenson, Vice Chair Bowman, Trustee Exstrom, Trustee Johnson

Executive Cabinet: Acting President Josh Gerstman, Danielle Slota

Assistant Attorney General: Justin Kjolseth

Special Meeting call to order: 1:35 p.m.

Opportunity for public comment

None

Executive Session

The Board, as and when deemed necessary, may call an Executive Session for appropriate purposes under the Open Meetings Act.

(g) To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public;

Executive Session called to order at 1:35 p.m. for twenty minutes, extended to 2:20 p.m., extended to 2:45 p.m., extended to 3 p.m., extended to 3:05 p.m.

Action items as needed as a result of Executive Session

None

Adjournment

Special Meeting was adjourned: 3:05 pm

Minutes Signed and Approved

The meeting minutes from November 6, 2025, were approved and signed into record by Chair Swenson and Acting President Dr. Jamilyn Penn on November 13, 2025.

Mission Statement: As a South King County college striving for social justice, Highline College partners with global students as they envision, plan and achieve their educational and professional goals.