<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2005/trustee-news.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Trustee News</title><excerpt>Patty Martin has joined the board of trustees at Westmont. A certified spiritual director who teaches classes in spiritual formation at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, she earned a bachelor’s degree at San Jose State University and master’s degrees in education and counseling psychology at Notre Dame de Namur University. Martin and her husband, Eff, have been married for 30 years and have three children. Eff is a retired investment banker. “I think Westmont has a great balance of encouraging critical Christian thinking without being legalistic,” she says.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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