Bergen Community College

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College class of 2024 graduate Kaylie Quezada has joined the institution’s Board of Trustees as alumni representative. Quezada, Bergen’s former student government association president, took the oath of office at the board’s October 8 meeting. She will serve a one-year term through June 30, 2025.

“Kaylie distinguished herself at Bergen as an active, thoughtful member of student government,” Bergen Board Chair Dorothy Blakeslee said. “I am certain she will bring the same energy, enthusiasm and pragmatism to the Board of Trustees as alumni representative.”

Quezada, of Fort Lee, studied political science at Bergen before graduating this year. In addition to her work on student government, Quezada served as the student representative on the faculty senate and as a member of Phi Theta Kappa, while also competing as a track and field student-athlete. Her testimony before the State of New Jersey’s Senate budget hearings helped compel state officials to restore $20 million in aid to community colleges eliminated from this year’s budget. She previously worked as an intern for U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and spoke on behalf of Hispanic-Serving Institutions such as Bergen during congressional meetings.

The College’s 12-person governing body features nine individuals appointed by the county, two by the governor and an alumni representative. Bergen’s president serves as an ex-officio member of the board.

Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.

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