Jack Bermingham, president of Highline College, was chosen as the Pacific Region winner of the 2014 Chief Executive Officer Award presented by the Association of Community College Trustees.

“[The Association] is proud to shine a spotlight on some of the nation’s best public servants and professionals through our regional awards program,” said J. Noah Brown, president and CEO of the association.

Bermingham was also recently featured in the July/August 2014 issue of Insight into Diversity magazine as one of the first four recipients of its Diversity Visionary Award.

Both awards recognize Bermingham’s passion, commitment and accomplishments in furthering the mission of the community college system, especially when it comes to providing access to education for underrepresented individuals. Under Bermingham’s guidance, Highline has come to embrace diversity, inclusion and social equity as institutional values.

Bermingham has been at Highline since 1994 and served as president since 2006.