Meet the Board Members

Christina M. H. Fleming was elected to the Board of Trustees for a six-year term in November 2014 that began January 1, 2015. She was re-elected in 2020 for a 2nd term.

Ms. Fleming grew up in Frankenmuth, Michigan and is a graduate of Frankenmuth High School. She moved to Ann Arbor as a student of the University of Michigan and graduated with a dual-degree in Sociology and Classical Archeology. In Sociology she earned two certificates of specialization: “Race, Class, Gender”, and “International Social Inequality.”

After college Ms. Fleming entered the technology field as a Help Desk Technician earning several certifications until working her way up to Data Center Administrator. She has over 25 years of experience in the technology and education sectors. She is currently working as an independent contractor.

Ms. Fleming lives in Dexter, Michigan with her husband William and daughter Athena.

You may contact Ms. Fleming at TrusteeFleming@duck.com.

Ms. Angela Davis was born and raised in Ann Arbor and was elected to the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees in 2016. She was re-elected in 2022 for another six-year term and has served as the Board’s Secretary (2017-18), Treasurer (2019-20) and Vice Chair (2021-22).

Trustee Davis was appointed to represented the college on the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), which helps to improve the quality of life across southeast Michigan, and served on its Transportation Committee in 2021.

Ms. Davis sits on the AJL Usher Board of New Hope Baptist Church in Ann Arbor.  She is an active member of the Community Leadership Council (CLC) - a volunteer advisory committee in association with the A2 Housing Commission and “Avalon Housing” in the development of the Dunbar Tower, an affordable housing apartment building in Ann Arbor.  A resident advisory member of the City of Ann Arbor’s Public Works Department and Office of Sustainability and Innovation’s circular economy action committee that engages in the efforts of reaching the City’s goal of carbon neutrality, known as A2Zero. 

Ms. Davis works in Seating Division at Magna International, a mobility technology company and automotive supplier, and also owns Davis Jewelry Collections, founded in 2011.

She attended Ann Arbor Public Schools and graduated from Pioneer High School. After high school, Davis attended Bishop College (currently known as Paul Quinn), an HBCU in Dallas, Texas. She later enrolled in Concordia University, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Administration while attending Washtenaw Community College. Ms. Davis relocated to West Virginia, where she enrolled in Mountain State University in Beckley, WV, and received a Master’s degree in Strategic Leadership. 

Ruth A. Hatcher is a retired instructor who taught writing and literature for 30 years at Washtenaw Community College.  She served as English/Writing Department Chair for several years. Other positions she held at the college include: director of the English/Writing Department Writing Center, interim Vice President of Instruction, interim Dean of Humanities and Social Science, assistant to the Dean of HSS assigned to write the first Assessment Report to The North Central Association. During her tenure she received several awards including: 1986 - Faculty Recognition Award from the Board of Trustees, 1989 - National Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas,  1991 - the first Morris Lawrence Award, 1995 - Administrative Group Special Service Award, 2000 - WCC Vision of Racial Equity Award, and 2004 - WCC Model Award for Motivating and Developing Leaders. She also held several appointed and elected positions in the Washtenaw Community College Education Association including President of the Association overseeing several faculty contracts. In 2020 she was elected for a second six year term to the Board of Trustees for Washtenaw Community College.

As a resident of Ann Arbor since 1971, Ruth has served on The Vestry of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, The Ann Arbor Community Foundation, The Greenhills School Board, and the Board of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County.

Ruth Hatcher grew up on the south side of Chicago attending both the University of Chicago Lab School and Hyde Park HS.  She attended Earlham College, a Quaker school in Indiana where she earned a B.A. in English. Following her graduation, she worked at Earlham College as Head Resident of women’s dormitories and Assistant Director of the Faculty Seminar in African American Studies.  After moving with her husband to Ann Arbor, she earned a M.A. in English and completed course work in the Doctor of Arts program at the University of Michigan.  It was in this program that her mentor, Dr. Richard Bailey ignited her passion for the community college.  Ruth has been married to Chuck, a retired fishery biologist, for over 50 years.  They have three grown children: Charles, Robert, and Corinne.

Dave DeVarti I is a lifelong Ann Arbor resident and community activist. Dave was the founding publisher of the Michigan Football Guide and the Current Entertainment Monthly, transferring ownership to another publisher in 2007. He has been a part-time student at Washtenaw Community College, primarily studying art.  He attended the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources in the 1970's. He served as an Ann Arbor City Councilperson and a member of the Ann Arbor Planning Commission in the 1980's. He served on the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority from 1991 to 2008. He currently serves on the Ann Arbor Zoning Board of Appeals.

Dave was elected to the WCC Board of Trustees in November 2024 and re-elected in 2020.  

He can be reached directly by email at ddevarti1@wccnet.edu. 

Ms. McKnight-Morton was first elected to the Board of Trustees for a six-year term in November 1994 and re-elected for additional six-year terms in November 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2022. She has served as Secretary of the Board (1997-99), Vice Chair (2003-04 and 2015-16) and Chair (2005-06 and 2017-18).

Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Ms. McKnight-Morton has been active in the community for many years. She is founder and past president of Ann Arbor Community Development Corporation and has been affiliated with the Washtenaw United Way by serving as co-chair for the Washtenaw County Labor Union committee for the past ten years.

Ms. McKnight-Morton has taught in the Ypsilanti Public School Adult Education program. She also served as Assistant Division Services Manager at Washtenaw County Employment Training and Community Services.

Ms. McKnight-Morton also served a two-year term as part of the national nominating committee for the Association of Community College Trustees.

Since its inception in 2022, Trustee McKnight-Morton has served as a board member of Embracing our Differences – a non-profit that combines art and education to celebrate the diversity of the human family – and has been an advisory committee member for Diversity Awareness through Art since 2022.

She has received numerous volunteer service honors and in 2022 was recognized with the Women’s Council Lifetime Service to Students Award.

Trustee McKnight-Morton has represented the college for a number of years in many roles at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), which helps to improve the quality of life across southeast Michigan. She has promoted the needs of education at SEMCOG by serving as a member of the General Assembly and as Vice Chair of the Education Bloc. She was re-elected by her peers as delegate to the Regional Review Committee, which reviews projects funded by the Transportation Alternatives Program and other special projects, and oversees the Taubman Fellowship Program. She was also elected as delegate to the Transportation Coordinating Council.

Ms. McKnight-Morton received a Bachelor of Science degree in education at University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in guidance and counseling at Eastern Michigan University. She currently possesses a Professional Counselors License and a Michigan Provisional Teaching Certificate.

Bill Milliken is a longtime Ann Arbor resident with an extensive record of civic and community activities. He is president of Milliken Realty Co., an Ann Arbor commercial real estate firm he founded in 1996. 

He was re-elected to the Washtenaw Community College board of trustees in 2022, having chaired the board for the 2020-2021 term and being named vice-chair in 2023-2024.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Bill to a 6-year term on the 7-member Mackinac Bridge Authority in 2020, where he serves as vice-chair. As a Realtor, he was appointed to serve a 2-year term on the executive committee of the 1.6 million member National Association of Realtors -- and has served two terms on its board of directors.

Bill was also elected to the executive committee of the CCIM Institute; he has done real estate trade missions to Taipei (2015) and Mexico (2016) and was a delegate on CCIM's trade mission to China in 2006. He was named REALTOR@-of-the-Year by the Michigan Commercial Board of Realtors and the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors, respectively.

He served as the 100th president of the 35,000 member Michigan Realtors in 2013 and was seated as the past president representative on the Realtor board last year. Previously, he served as a director of Republic Bancorp; board chair of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce and of Planned Parenthood, and; a member of the board of New Detroit. 

Bill launched real his estate career in Ann Arbor in 1987, following work in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Dept. of Justice and for NASA. He is a car collector, a licensed private pilot and has visited all 50 states.

Eileen Peck was elected to the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees in November 2024. She was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated from Bishop Borgess High School in Redford Township. Eileen attended the University of Michigan and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in film and television. She worked for the University of Michigan Medical School for several years in media production and research documentation , while attending Washtenaw Community College.

She graduated with an associate degree in Digital Electronics, and worked in IT support for the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Washtenaw Community College, and the University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering before returning to Ann Arbor to take a position with Merit Network. She has been a Washtenaw County resident since 1989. Eileen and her husband Joshua have lived in Ypsilanti Township since 1993.

Since 2007, Eileen has been self-employed as a technical and business development writer, and has a client portfolio that includes large and small software, telecommunications, and technology companies; government contractors; and emerging businesses. She has volunteered in a number of positions while her children were in school, including serving on leadership, development, and service committees. She is a member of St. Francis of Assisi parish in Ann Arbor.

Eileen and her husband Josh have two adult children, both of whom graduated from Washtenaw Technical Middle College and Washtenaw Community College on their ways to bachelor’s degrees from local universities.