Deac Guidi is an instructor of Speech Communication and Humanities at Clatsop Community College. His areas of focus were Gender and Communication, Argumentation, and Rhetorical Theory and his thesis was considered for Conference Paper at the Northwest Communication Association in 2000. Deac also maintains a performance schedule in opera and oratorio throughout the northwest. He has performed with Portland Opera, Tacoma Opera, Cascadia Chamber Opera, Northwest Sinfonietta, The Oregon Symphony and others in over 60 roles and featured solos. Deac joined the board in 2023.