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Sonya Christian, Ph.D.
Chancellor
California Community Colleges
Martha Garcia, Ed.D.
President/CEO
Mt. San Antonio College
Peter Hidalgo
President
Board of Trustees
Mt. San Antonio College
Tina King, Ed.D.
President
San Diego College of Continuing Education
Madelyn Arballo, Ed.D.
Vice President
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Stewart Knox
Secretary
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Sasha Renée Pérez
Senator
California State Senate
District 25
Susan Rubio
Senator
California State Senate
District 22
Linda Vazquez, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor
State and Federal Relations California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
Gary W. Adams
Dean
Workforce & Economic Development
California Community Colleges
State Chancellor's Office
Marnelli Marquez
Student
Mt. San Antonio College
Ruby Nassour
ESL Student
Citrus College
Miguel Soto Troccoly
Alumnus
North Orange Continuing Education
Yahir Melendez
Student
San Diego College
of Continuing Education
Tami L. Pearson, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Cheryl Aschenbach
Past President
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Libbier V. Bakit
Director
Admissions and Records
San Diego College
of Continuing Education
Kathy Booth
Director
Center for Economic Mobility WestEd
Byron D. Clift Breland, Ph.D.
Chancellor
North Orange Community College District
Benjamin Brown, MSRS
Adjunct Professor
Vocational Re-entry
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Landry Chaplot
Professor
Adult Basic Education
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Carisa Chavez
Programs Supervisory & Associate Faculty
Community Education & Workforce Development
MiraCosta College
Salvatrice Cummo, Ed.D.
Vice President
Economic & Workforce
Development Division
Pasadena City College
Sara Decelle
Career Education Noncredit Academic Specialist
Cabrillo College
Dulce Delgadillo
Director
Office of Institutional Research & Planning
North Orange Continuing Education
Emma Diaz, Ed.D.
ACCE President and Director
Inland Adult Education Consortium San Bernardino Valley College
Mayra Diaz
Program Lead
California Adult Education Program
Workforce and Economic Development
California Community Colleges
Chancellor’s Office
Kayla Dizechi
Junior Learning Engineer
Playlab
Christopher (Chris) Ferguson
Executive Vice Chancellor
Finance and Strategic Initiatives California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
L.E. Foisia, Ed.D.
Professor, Basic Skills
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Kelly Fowler, Ph.D.
Vice President of Instruction
Mt. San Antonio College
Maryanne Galindo
Professor
West Los Angeles College
College & Career Prep Division
Chrissy Gascon
Dean, Instruction and Student Services
Santiago Canyon College, Continuing Education
Richard Gholson, MBA
Associate Professor | Curriculum Chair
San Diego College of Continuing Education
Joe Louis Hernandez, Ph.D.
Director, Rising Scholars
Mt. San Antonio College
Kimberly Johnson
Professor of Biology
Santiago Canyon College
Linda Ju-Ong
Director
Noncredit Adult Education, Golden West College
Renu R. Katoch, M.S.
Professor, Counseling
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Tiffany Kuo, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
Mt. San Antonio College
Samuel Lee, Ed.D.
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) and Chief Ambassador (MAP), California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Maria Lopez, Ed.D.
Counselor | Noncredit Coordinator
San Bernardino Valley College
Jason Makabali
Senior Research Analyst
Office of Institutional Research & Planning
North Orange Continuing Education
Crystle Martin, Ph.D.
Dean
Library, Academic Support, and Noncredit
El Camino College
Lianne Matthews
MBA, BSN, RN, CCM, CPHQ
Faculty Coordinator
Career Education Healthcare Santiago Canyon College
Meghan R. McBride, Ed.D.
Director
Adult Education Projects
WestEd
Ajita Talwalker Menon
President & CEO
Calbright College
Jesús Miranda, Ph.D.
Dean of Instruction & Student Services
Santa Ana College
School of Continuing Education
Matthew M. Morin, Ph.D.
Dean of Academic Affairs
Santa Ana College
Cristina Morones
Assistant Professor / Coordinator, Career Education Department Chair
Santiago Canyon College
Continuing Education
Janice Mrkonjic, M.ED., PMP
Director, Contract and Community Education
Mt. San Jacinto College
Kim-Leiloni Nguyen, MD, MPH
Professor of Biological Sciences
Mt. San Antonio College
Sonia Ortega
Professor, ESL
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Sage Overoye, MPH, CHES
Director, Education for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
LaTonya Parker-Parnell, Ed.D.
President
Academic Senate California
for Community Colleges
TJ Perez, D.Sc.
Department Chair, Technology
Calbright College
Jasmine Port, Ed.D.
Interim Associate Dean
Career Services and Experiential Learning
Mt. San Jacinto College
Valentina Purtell
President
North Orange Continuing Education
Patricia Quinoñes, Ph.D.
Director
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
Tina Recalde, DPT, MS, ATC, CSCS
Assistant Superintendent & Vice President of Instruction
Palomar College
Lara Rofman, MSW
Job Developer
Disability Support Services
North Orange Continuing Education
Alberto Román, DPA
Chancellor
Los Angeles Community College District
Michelle Samura, Ph.D.
Dean, Division of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Santiago Canyon College
Sandra Sanchez
Associate Professor of Biology
Santiago Canyon College
Jorge Saucedo-Daniel, Ed.D.
Regional Director, Orange County Regional Consortium
Hosted at Rancho Santiago Community College District
Christyna Serrano, Ph.D.
Head of Community Learning and Growth
Playlab
Polly Chen Smith
Learning Partner
Playlab
Greg Smith
Chancellor
San Diego Community College District
Anacany Torres, Ed.D.
Counselor, Counseling and Student Services Department
North Orange Continuing Education
Omar Torres, Ed.D.
President
De Anza College
Lorena Valencia
Associate Dean, Financial Aid
Santa Ana College
Graciela Vasquez, Ph.D.
Dean of Continuing Education
Cerritos College
Ashley Walker
Senior Policy Advisor
Nossaman LLP
Shelby White-Tremazi, M.S.G.
Professor, Education for Older Adults
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Debbie Wong
Director, Community & Contract Education
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
Kristine Zapata, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Adults with Disabilities
Mt. San Antonio College
School of Continuing Education
