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Gateway Technical College Board of Trustees member Pamela Zenner-Richards has stepped down after 24 years of service. She announced her retirement during the GTC Board meeting last week at the college’s Kenosha campus. Zenner-Richards has held various leadership positions, including two terms as board president.

Supporters said she is known for her unwavering support of technical colleges and her insight into how to provide students with the skills to address area industry’s most pressing worker needs. “Pam is more than just a Gateway trustee,” said GTC President and CEO Ritu Raju. “She is also a community leader and has served in so many leadership positions.



Her knowledge of the community, the needs of the community and the needs of industry is amazing. “Pam has been in the manufacturing industry for a very long time and that has brought some very unique synergy, such as the starting of the boot camps, which she suggested. That was at a time when there was an acute shortage of workers and the boot camp format became a model program for others on how to remedy that shortage,” Raju said.

“Pam has helped us to fulfill our mission in so many ways through advocacy, insight and her advice. We are very, very grateful for her service to Gateway.” The meeting also marked the last for Trustee Jesse Adams, a Walworth County businessman who has served on the board for six years and brought industry insight, student advocacy and perspective to board actions.

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