Heidi Ypma, Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham Technical College offers high-quality, student-centered education in a supportive environment. BTC has been providing skills-focused education to thousands of local and regional students since 1957 offering more than thirty associate degrees and fifty certificate programs.
Heidi Ypma is currently a Dean at BTC where she oversees programs in business, information technology, fisheries, culinary arts, engineering, and the general education courses which are a part of all certificates and degrees. Heidi has been an educator for over 30 years, and she has spent most of her career teaching mathematics at the secondary and post-secondary levels. She recently completed her doctorate in Higher Education Administration through Northeastern University. Her dissertation examined gender inequity in computer science.