Our Board Members

Dr. Joe W. Floyd has a BA in Anthropology (1967) and an MA (1972) and Ph.D. (1977) in Sociology, all awarded by the University of California at Riverside.  Dr. Floyd is currently Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Montana State University, Billings where he served as a faculty member for 29 years. While a faculty member at MSU-Billings he served as Chairperson for the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Native American Studies for 6 years and developed the Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing Laboratory at MSU-Billings in 1987 serving as its director until he retired in 2007.

Since his retirement in 2007, Dr. Floyd has resided in Sequim on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. He served on the Board of Directors of the Peninsula College Foundation from 2011 to 2021 serving as president from 2013 to 2017. Dr. Floyd is a certified mediator and serves as a volunteer mediator for the Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center where he also serves on the Board of Directors. Dr. Floyd is also a Peninsula College Trustee.

Dr. Floyd and his wife Barbara Noble are generous in their giving to many causes, particularly to causes that encourage education and offer aid to single mothers and children.  Joe enjoys spending time with his wife caring for their property and animals.