Ehlmann and Pundmann re-elected to SCC Board of Trustees

Published: 05/04/2018

The St. Charles Community College Board of Trustees swore in its elected members of 2018 – Jean Ehlmann and William Pundmann – at its April 23 Board meeting.

Jean Ehlmann, a retired history and government teacher at St. Charles High School, was elected for her fifth term. She has served as a Board member since 1994 – serving as Board vice president twice and president three times.

William R. Pundmann, president and CEO for Pundmann and Co., was elected for his third term on the Board. He has served as a Board member since 2006 – having previously held the president office once and the vice president office twice.  

Newly elected SCC Board President Pamela Cilek (left) led the oath of office to re-elected SCC Board of Trustee members William R. Pundmann and Jean Ehlmann at the April 23 Board meeting.

At the meeting, the SCC Board of Trustees, whose officers reorganize every two years following the trustee election, announced the 2018-20 slate of officers. Pamela Cilek, a retired professor from SCC, was elected president of the Board. She has served on the Board since 2014 – acting as Board vice president from July 2015-April 2016.

Shirley Lohmar, a retired St. Charles School District elementary school principal, was elected as vice president. She was appointed to the Board in 2015 and was elected to fill the final four years of a term vacated by her late husband, the Honorable William T. Lohmar Jr. Mary Schnare Stodden, a long-serving high school librarian, was elected as Board secretary. In 2016, she was elected to her first six-year term. Stodden is currently retired. Rose Mack, a councilwoman for Ward 2 in the city of O’Fallon, was elected treasurer. Mack was appointed to the Board in 2009 and in 2016 she was elected to the Board for her second six-year term. She has served as Board president and Board secretary.

On behalf of the Board and the college, Dr. Barbara Kavalier (right), SCC president, thanked Jean Ehlmann (left) for her leadership as president of the SCC Board of Trustees for 2016-18.

The SCC Board of Trustees is charged with the duty of fostering and maintaining the overall welfare of the college as well as approving the annual budget and expenditures of funds. The six members of the St. Charles Community College Board of Trustees are elected citizens who serve six-year terms without pay.

St. Charles Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year community college with associate degrees and certificate programs in the arts, business, sciences and career-technical fields. SCC provides workforce training and community-based personal and professional development as well as cultural, recreational and entertainment opportunities. For more information, visit stchas.edu.