Peggy Belknap, dean of Career and Technical Education at Northland Pioneer College, presents an Administrator Emeritus Award to V. Blaine Hatch, vice president for Administrative Services, who is retiring after 15-plus years of service to NPC. Hatch is a longtime resident of Holbrook and former city manager.
Blaine Hatch began his employment with Northland Pioneer College as vice president for Administrative Services in December 2000, and is retiring from that post at the end of October. The Navajo County Community College District Governing Board bestowed Administrator Emeritus status on Hatch at their meeting Tuesday.
Hatch earned his MBA from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.
He has been active in the Arizona Community College Business Officer Council, serving in multiple leadership positions, and has accepted major responsibility for joint reporting and survey information for the 10 Arizona community college districts. He serves as a financial panelist for the Higher Learning Commission, NPC’s accrediting agency. He is also a board member of the Arizona School Risk Retention Trust, the Navajo County School Employee Benefit Trust and the Petrified Forest National Park Museum Association.
Northland Pioneer College photo by Everett Robinson
