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Gregory McKenzie

November 2020 · North Idaho College Trustee Zone 4 · Board Vice Chair
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Chaired the board during NIC's worst sanction

2022 - 2024
  • He was board chair when NIC received the worst accreditation sanction in Idaho history.
  • The accreditor specifically cited decisions his majority made.
  • While under sanction, he said the college was doing "outstanding."
  • The accreditor declared the board "dysfunctional."
  • He refused to read a student government resolution calling for change into the meeting record.
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Voted to fire NIC's president: $500K taxpayer cost

2021 - 2022
  • He voted to fire the college president without cause.
  • The wrongful termination lawsuit cost taxpayers about $500,000.
  • When a fellow trustee called for accountability, he publicly defended the wrongdoing.
  • The board majority's actions drove out all three vice presidents and a dean.
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Athletics spending ballooned from $2.2M to $6.2M

September 2023 - December 2024
  • With trustees Banducci and Waggoner, directed NIC to cover full costs plus flights for every out-of-state athlete.
  • The accreditor cited $40,000 per athlete, inflating the budget by $4 million a year.
  • NIC cut golf, affecting 11 student-athletes, and imposed a $1.8 million austerity plan.
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Tried to recruit infiltrators into the Democratic Party

March 2022
  • A woman told the Press he approached her at a KCRCC meeting to recruit her for a "scheme" to infiltrate the Kootenai Democratic Party by registering as Democrats.
  • When she declined, he asked if she would recruit other volunteers.
  • He later told the Press he did not recall the conversation.
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Called the crisis a hoax in a far-right mailer

May 2025
  • He compared the NIC accreditation crisis to the "Russia collusion hoax" in The People's Pen, a far-right mailer promoting election fraud theories.
  • He wrote that NIC leadership "would rather burn down NIC than give up power."
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Community demanded resignation; voters removed him

2022 - 2024
  • Community members submitted 1,000 index cards asking him and Banducci to resign.
  • School counselors in Coeur d'Alene were steering students toward other colleges.
  • A fellow trustee called him "equally detrimental to the college's success" and asked him to resign.
  • He ran for re-election on a "Make NIC Great Again" platform.
  • He raised $1,500 to his opponent's $28,000 and lost.
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Sued the state and lost his board majority

May 2022
  • He sued to block the state from appointing replacement trustees and lost.
  • His KCRCC majority was reduced to a 2-of-5 minority.
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