18 Compete for 4 L. A. College Board Seats

Voters will elect four members to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees on April 9 while also deciding the fate of Proposition C, the district’s $200-million capital improvements bond measure.

Six San Fernando Valley residents are among 18 candidates running for the board, which oversees the largest community college district in the nation.

Although candidates run for specific seats, they do not represent geographical areas, and voting is districtwide for all seven seats. Trustees serve four-year terms.

Office No. 5 has attracted the most office-seekers with 10 candidates. Vying to succeed Trustee Harold Garvin, who is retiring after 12 years on the board, are:

Brad Rayburn Hamill, Woodland Hills, an aerospace engineer; Peter Ireland, Van Nuys, an environmental agency executive; John J. Jamgotchian, Northridge, an attorney; Paul Cohen Koretz, a West Hollywood city councilman and an educator; Patrick Dennis McGuire, Los Angeles, a businessman and educator.

Also running are Gloria Elisabeth Rothenberg, Northridge, a businesswoman and community activist; Hal James Styles Jr., Woodland Hills, an investment counselor and educator; Kenneth S. Washington, Los Angeles, a retired college administrator; Howard O. Watts, Los Angeles, a disabled veteran, and William Douglas Zuke, Los Angeles, an advocate for the disabled.

Challenging incumbent Wallace B. Knox of Los Angeles in Office No. 1 is Elizabeth K. Stone of Los Angeles, an airline worker.

In Office No. 3, John K. Evenhuis, Los Angeles, a community college student, and Elizabeth Michael, Los Angeles, a businesswoman, are running against incumbent Julia Li Wu of Los Angeles.

Board President David Lopez-Lee of Los Angeles is being challenged for Office No. 7 by Mark Isler, Van Nuys, a teacher and business owner, and Gerald C. Broderson, Los Angeles, a community crime fighter.