Carolyn Miller, who is the city of Brenham’s chief financial officer, had served since 2011.
State representative John Raney of Bryan, who met with Miller multiple times, told WTAW News he was “really disappointed” to hear about her decision.
Raney said “we will all, in both Washington and Brazos counties, miss her calm demeanor and quick intellect.”
Click below for comments from John Raney, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver:
Her resignation, effectively immediately, was announced by the college Friday afternoon in the following news release:
Carolyn D. Miller has announced her resignation from the Blinn College Board of Trustees after almost four years of service to the College and its students.
Miller has served on the board since August 2011, including duties as chair of the Audit/Budget/Investment Committee. She also served on the Policy/Long-Range Planning Committee.
Miller was part of the board’s unanimous decision in February to purchase 95 acres for the development of a second Blinn campus in Bryan. Blinn plans to develop this land into a 10,000-15,000 student campus that will allow the College to develop additional science, technology, engineering and mathematics offerings and expand its workforce, technical, research and health-related education programs.
“It has been a privilege to serve Blinn College students alongside Carolyn Miller,” said Douglas Borchardt, board president. “Her dedication to public service, commitment to student success and attention to detail have been tremendous assets to our board and to Blinn College, and her contributions to the governing process will be deeply missed.”
The board will determine a process to select a new at-large representative to serve until the May 2017 election at a future board meeting.