As the Coles District representative to the School Board, Michael I. Otaigbe brings to the School Board his 18 years of experience as Dean of the Woodbridge campus of Strayer University.

Dr. Otaigbe serves as the representative of the School Board to the Planning Committee for the proposed Regional Academic-Year Governor’s School. The program is being developed in collaboration with George Mason University and with three school divisions, Manassas City, Manassas Park, and Prince William County. He has also been appointed as a subcommittee member to the Virginia General Assembly’s Joint Subcommittee Studying Science, Math, and Technical Education. A member of the Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Otaigbe is past chair of the Northern Virginia Community College Technical Program and past vice president of the Citizens Police Academy. He is the recipient of the Prince William County Human Rights Award.

A graduate of Strayer University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, Dr. Otaigbe earned a Master of Arts in economics from The Catholic University and a doctorate degree in sociology from The American University.

Dr. Otaigbe and his wife Patience are the parents of three children: Courage, a graduate of Hylton High School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Linda, a graduate of Hylton High School, who has received a bachelor's degree in business from Strayer University and is currently attending the The University of Virginia Law School; and Anthony, who attends Osbourn Park High School.

Updated 11/17/08