Dr. Gita Bangera
On Aug. 3, the Board of Trustees of Bellevue College voted to appoint Dr. Gita Bangera, interim vice president of instruction and Aaron Hilliard, vice president of Human Resources as acting co-presidents.
Dr. David L. Rule, president for the last three years, resigned.
The board will pick an acting president at a later date and develop a process for a presidential search in the coming months.
Bangera is from Bombay. She earned an M.S. in Biological Science from Carnegie-Mellon before continuing to, and completing her Ph.D. in Microbiology from Washington State University.