The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has appointed David G. Flaherty of Howell and Charles Karcher of Colts Neck to fill two vacant seats on the Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees.
“With the appointment of these trustees we have begun the process of replacing the entire Board of Trustees, which I have mandated upon uncovering and exposing the mismanagement of the college,” Freeholder Director John P. Curley said. “As liaison to the college, I am ecstatic to begin the process of change that will preserve Brookdale’s status as the best community college in New Jersey.”
Flaherty, a Howell police officer, is an executive director of the Howell Chamber of Commerce. He is a former member of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education. Karcher is a Red Bank lawyer.
There are 13 seats on the Board of Trustees (10 for Monmouth County residents — eight filled by freeholder appointment and two appointed by the governor).
The remaining three seats are filled by the county superintendent of schools, a Brookdale graduate representative elected annually by the college’s student body, and the college president, who serves as an exofficio member.
“This is a terrific opportunity for a resident to take a dynamic role at New Jersey’s best community college,” Curley said. “Brookdale needs leaders who will help steer the course of this quality, affordable higher education institution.”
Any individual interested in filling a future trustee vacancy should submit a résumé to the Brookdale Trustee Search Committee, in care of Marion Masnick, Clerk of the Board, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Hall of Records, 1 E. Main St., Freehold, NJ 07728.