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Patty Martin of Woodside, Calif., has been installed as the newest member of the ���ϲ����� Board of Trustees. Martin, 56, is a certified spiritual director and teaches classes at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in spiritual formation.

“I think ���ϲ����� has a great balance of encouraging critical Christian thinking without being legalistic,” she says, “and looking at the whole person in terms of growing to become God-like within whatever realm God calls you to.”

Martin earned a bachelor’s degree at San Jose State University and master’s degrees in education and counseling psychology at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont.

She found out about ���ϲ����� through several graduates. At the time, she was working with teenagers at a high school ministry and looking for a good Christian environment for college and beyond.
“Just observing their character and meeting their friends and being part of their lives,” Martin says,”I could see that ���ϲ����� was providing something wonderful.”

Martin and her husband, Eff, have been married for 30 years and have three children. Eff is a retired investment banker and is a trustee at Pepperdine University.

As a board member, Martin says she wants to positively influence students who are looking for a great Christian liberal arts experience.

The board of trustees sets the college’s annual budget and oversees the operation of the college. It recently launched a search to begin finding a successor to Stan D. Gaede who will step down as president in July.

For more information: Scott Craig (805) 565-6051 or view website at www.westmont.edu