system. In 2016, Poshard was appointed to the John A. Logan College Board of Trustees following the death of Trustee Bill Alstat. He was elected to the position in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. Morthland College's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Poshard as the president of Morthland College effective February 13, 2017. After two months in the position, citing serious issues with the college's finances and personnel that had not been disclosed during the hiring process, Poshard resigned from the position effective April 26, 2017. An investigation by the United States Department of Education of financial mismanagement by the college, started in January 2017 prior to Poshard's hiring, resulted in its closure in 2018. Electoral history References External links Biography from Southern Illinois University |- |- |- 1945 births Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Candidates in the 1998 United States elections 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois Democratic Party Illinois state senators Living people People from White County, Illinois Southern Illinois University people Members of Congress who became lobbyists