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Palo Verde Community College District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1

What does this office do?

  • Setting the college's property tax rate and yearly budget
  • Approving tuition, programs, and new campuses
  • Hiring and overseeing the college president

Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Education Quality

Candidates:

Nonpartisan

Beverly Mays is a teacher. We found no campaign website or published statement of her background or goals.

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

Brad Arneson is a Palo Verde College trustee whose current term began in December 2022, and he served as board president in the 2020-21 school year. We found no campaign website or published statement of his goals.

Nonpartisan

Denise Hunt is a retired Palo Verde College employee who worked as executive assistant to the college president and sat on the college foundation's board. We found no campaign website or published statement of her goals.

Nonpartisan

Jennifer Arneson is a realtor who was listed in 2020 as a director of the Palo Verde College Foundation, the college's nonprofit fundraising group. We found no campaign website or published statement of her goals.

Nonpartisan

Michael W. Cusick is an operations manager and consultant. We found no campaign website or published statement of his background or goals.

Nonpartisan

Monty Dale is a social worker. We found no campaign website or published statement of background or goals.

Nonpartisan

As of October 2026, we found no public information about Richard Johnson's job, background, or goals.

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

Scott Dean joined the Palo Verde College board in 2026 and serves as its clerk. Before joining, he warned trustees that a new UC Riverside master's program at Ironwood State Prison could cut the college's prison education enrollment.

Sources: voteinfo.net2