Two new members and two reappointed members of Rappahannock Community College’s local board have begun their terms of service; among them is Donald Sandridge of Gloucester Point.

Sandridge was appointed for his first four-year term by the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors. He previously served the remaining two years of an unexpired term. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music Education from James Madison University, a Master’s of Education from Old Dominion University and a Master’s in Music Education from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.

Sandridge is retired from Gloucester High School where he was Choral Music Director for 32 years. At GHS, he served as the Fine Arts Chairman, sponsored the GHS Beta Club and served 30 years as the Virginia Status Sponsor.

He is chairman of the Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and is a Gloucester County Election Official. In 2017, he was awarded the county’s first “Blue Ribbon Award” for volunteerism. For more than 16 years, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Hampton Roads Educators Credit Union and is currently the Credit Union’s treasurer.

Sandridge is a long-time member and past-president of the Abingdon Ruritan Club with 30 years of perfect attendance. He is an associate member of the Gloucester Ruritan Club and is the Zone 4 Governor for the Chesapeake District Ruritans. He has won numerous Ruritan awards including “Ruritan Forever,” The Gold Key Award for member recruitment and was named a “Tom Downing Fellow,” which is the Ruritans’ most prestigious award.

Other RCC board members beginning their terms are Tammy Indseth of King George, Vicki Roberson of Westmoreland and Cassie Thompson of Lancaster.

RCC’s local board consists of 12 members, each appointed by the Board of Supervisors in one of the 12 counties in RCC’s service region. The board is responsible for assuring that the college is responsive to the needs for higher education within its service region within the statewide policies, procedures and regulations of the State Board for Community Colleges.