Andrew Hardin
Chair, Place 9, Term: 2021 - 2027
Profession: Collin County Bookkeeping
Other Involvements: Collin College Campus Facilities and Construction Committee Member; Frisco TIF #2
Representative; Frisco TIRZ; previously, Collin College Finance and Audit Committee
Member; Member of Frisco & McKinney Chamber of Commerce, McKinney Chamber Government
& Legislative Issue Committee. Previous: Chair / Member State Board of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation, Chair Collin County MHMR, City of McKinney - Council, EDC
and P&Z, McKinney Chamber Board, US Army
Jay Saad
Vice Chair, Place 2, Term: 2023 - 2029
Profession: Previously Vice President of Sales at Cigna Healthcare for North Texas and Oklahoma
Other Involvements: Collin College Finance and Audit Committee Chair; Collin College Foundation Board
Member; previously, Collin College Campus Facilities and Construction Committee Chair;
participated on local and state boards for the Texas Association of Business and has
also participated in March of Dimes.
Jim Orr
Secretary, Place 7, Term: 2021 - 2027
Profession: Vice President Solutions and Business Development, Sanmina
Other Involvements: Collin College Organization, Education and Policy Committee Member; Collin College
Foundation Board Member
Dr. Raj Menon
Treasurer, Place 5, Term: 2019 - 2025
Profession: Entrepreneur / Consultant; President, Flat World Design
Other Involvements: Collin College Finance and Audit Committee Member; Collin College Foundation Board
Member; previously, Collin College Organization, Education, and Policy Committee Chair;
President, Plano Symphony Orchestra; Trustee, Medical City Plano and Medical City
Frisco hospitals; Board Member, Atlantic Housing Foundation; Co-founder and Board
Member, IIT Alumni Association of North Texas Previous: Member, Plano ISD Facilities
and Technology Task Force; Member, Plano ISD Academy Visioning Committee; Board Member,
Leadership Plano, Chair, Plano ISD Diversity Advisory Committee, Various school PTA/PTSA
positions, Various Site Based Improvement Committees (Plano ISD)
Cathie Alexander
Place 3, Term: 2023 - 2029
Profession: Previously faculty member in higher education.
Other Involvements: Collin College Campus Facilities and Construction Committee Member; Serves on a regional
board for Collin County; served on Plano Boards and Commissions.
Stacy Anne Arias
Place 6, Term: 2019 - 2025
Profession: Business Development Manager at Phoenix Franchise Brands
Other Involvements: Collin College Campus Facilities and Construction Committee Chair; previously, Collin
College Organization, Education, and Policy Committee Member; held the Place 5 seat
on the Collin College Board of Trustees for 12 years prior to relocating. Arias has
served on a number of city and nonprofit boards, such as the Celina Economic Development
Corporation board, Texas Council on Family Violence, and president for the Americas
Chamber of Business for McKinney, Melissa, and Anna
Dr. J. Robert Collins
Place 8, Term: 2021 - 2027
Profession: Assistant Professor, College of Business and Technology, Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Previously, Corporate Vice President and Corporate Officer, E-Systems, Inc.
Other Involvements: Collin College Organization, Education, and Policy Committee Chair; previously, Collin
College Finance and Audit Committee Member; Member of Farmersville TIRZ Board; Member
of Farmersville EDC; Member of Farmersville Rotary Club; Previous City Council and
Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Plano
Greg Gomel
Place 4, Term: 2019 - 2025
Profession: PMO and Project Management Advisor
Other Involvements: Collin College Organization, Education, and Policy Committee Member; previously,
Collin College Finance and Audit Committee Chair; City of Plano TIRZ No. 4 Representative
Megan Wallace
Place 1, Term: 2023 - 2029
Profession: Paralegal
Other Involvements: Collin College Finance and Audit Committee Member; volunteered at a local elementary
school and at a community food pantry.