Marty Sutherland, Faculty Regent

Marty L. Sutherland serves as the faculty representative on the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents and is a professor of engineering and electronics technology at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. A member of the ECTC faculty since 2002, he has held several leadership roles at the college. 

Sutherland serves as program coordinator for engineering and electronic technology and chairs the Engineering and Electronics Curriculum Committee. He has served on the KCTCS Senate Council for ECTC and coaches the college's VEX U robotics team. 

A resident of Elizabethtown, Sutherland holds a bachelor's degree in workforce education, training and development from Southern Illinois University and has earned numerous professional certifications. He also attended Florida Community College at Jacksonville.

Sutherland was selected in 2024 to complete the unexpired term of Patsy Jackson as the faculty representative on the KCTCS Board of Regents. He was subsequently elected by KCTCS faculty to a three-year term beginning in October 2024.