Parkland College Board of Trustees Petitions Filed

Four candidates will run for three seats opening up in April

Parkland College officials announced today that four candidates have filed to run for positions on the Parkland College Board of Trustees.

Bianca Truitt Green of Champaign, Jonathan Westfield of Savoy and Douglas Jones of Champaign have filed for the two six-year trustee terms that are expiring next April. Green and Westfield are incumbent trustees who have served on the board since 2015 and 2017, respectively. Jones is a surgeon at Christie Clinic in Champaign.

James L. Ayers of Monticello, also an incumbent, has filed for the four-year term expiring in April. Ayers has served the on the board since 1989.

The two six-year terms will run through April 2025, while the four-year term will run through April 2023. The election will be held April 2, 2019.