Board of TrusteesBoard Meetings & Minutes ArchivePlease visit our BoardDocs site to view all board meeting informationBoard PoliciesView our Board Policies Tom EpsteinPresident Tom Epstein recently retired after 15 years as vice president of public affairs of Blue Shield of California, where he led government relations, corporate communications, philanthropy and corporate so...Read More Pamela HaynesVice President Pamela Haynes was appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016. Haynes served on the Los Rios Community College District Board of Trustees for more tha...Read More Hildegarde B. AguinaldoBoard Member Hildegarde Aguinaldo currently serves as director, Corporate Counsel for DaVita Inc. Ms. Aguinaldo has a well-established history in both health care and government that uniquely positions her to addr...Read More Darius W. AndersonBoard Member Darius Anderson is founder and CEO of Kenwood Investments, LLC, a California Real Estate Development and Opportunity Fund, and founder and managing member of Sonoma Media Investments, LLC. He is also ...Read More Felicia E. CarrilloBoard Member Felicia Escobar Carrillo, 42, of Los Angeles, has been director of immigration for the Beacon Fund since 2017. She was a consultant for the implementation of the Los Angeles Justice Fund for the Calif...Read More Amy M. CostaBoard Member Amy Costa was chief deputy director for budget at the California Department of Finance from 2016 to 2018, where she served as advisor to the director on higher education from 2014 to 2016. She was an ...Read More Colm FitzgeraldBoard Member Colm Fitzgerald, 19, of Stockton, has been a student at San Joaquin Delta College since 2018 and vice chair of communications for the Student Senate for California Community Colleges since 2019. ...Read More Jolena M. GrandeBoard Member Jolena M. Grande is a licensed funeral service practitioner with Service Corporation International and current director of the Mortuary Science Program at Cypress College. She is a longtime faculty me...Read More Kevin J. HollBoard Member Kevin J. Holl is a partner at the San Francisco/Oakland -based law firm of Gordon-Creed, Kelley, Holl & Sugerman, LLP. With more than 30 years of litigation and trial experience, he has received a...Read More Kim PerigoBoard Member Kim Perigo was appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019. Perigo has been a professor of communication studies at San Diego Mesa College since 2006...Read More Jennifer L. PerryBoard Member Jennifer Perry has been executive director at the Children’s Action Network since 1990, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Council on Adoptable Children. She was di...Read More Bill RawlingsBoard Member Bill Rawlings has been a coordinator in the Academic Technology & Infrastructure department at Mt. San Antonio College since 1999, after beginning his career in education in 1993. He is a member o...Read More Alma SalazarBoard Member Alma Salazar, 45, of Long Beach, has been senior vice president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce since 2014. She held multiple positions at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, includi...Read More Valerie Lynne ShawBoard Member Valerie Shaw was a commissioner at the Los Angeles City Board of Public Works from 1996 to 2013, where she was president from 2001 to 2005 and was an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Ca...Read More Blas VillalobosBoard Member Dr. Blas Villalobos currently serves as the Veterans Affairs director at Chapman University, where he provides resources and services for the student veteran population and their families. Previous to...Read More Alexis ZaragozaBoard Member Alexis Zaragoza has been a student at Modesto Junior College since 2016, where she has held several positions for the Associated Students of Modesto Junior College, including director of political dev...Read More Joseph WilliamsBoard Member Williams has been public affairs manager at Southern California Edison since 2019. Williams is the founder and served as chief executive officer at Youth Action Project from 2006 to 2018. Williams he...Read More Iulia TarasovaBoard Member Tarasova has served as student trustee caucus secretary for Student Senate for California Community Colleges from 2019 to 2020. Tarasova was a student trustee of the Sierra College District Board of T...Read More
Tom EpsteinPresident Tom Epstein recently retired after 15 years as vice president of public affairs of Blue Shield of California, where he led government relations, corporate communications, philanthropy and corporate so...Read More
Pamela HaynesVice President Pamela Haynes was appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016. Haynes served on the Los Rios Community College District Board of Trustees for more tha...Read More
Hildegarde B. AguinaldoBoard Member Hildegarde Aguinaldo currently serves as director, Corporate Counsel for DaVita Inc. Ms. Aguinaldo has a well-established history in both health care and government that uniquely positions her to addr...Read More
Darius W. AndersonBoard Member Darius Anderson is founder and CEO of Kenwood Investments, LLC, a California Real Estate Development and Opportunity Fund, and founder and managing member of Sonoma Media Investments, LLC. He is also ...Read More
Felicia E. CarrilloBoard Member Felicia Escobar Carrillo, 42, of Los Angeles, has been director of immigration for the Beacon Fund since 2017. She was a consultant for the implementation of the Los Angeles Justice Fund for the Calif...Read More
Amy M. CostaBoard Member Amy Costa was chief deputy director for budget at the California Department of Finance from 2016 to 2018, where she served as advisor to the director on higher education from 2014 to 2016. She was an ...Read More
Colm FitzgeraldBoard Member Colm Fitzgerald, 19, of Stockton, has been a student at San Joaquin Delta College since 2018 and vice chair of communications for the Student Senate for California Community Colleges since 2019. ...Read More
Jolena M. GrandeBoard Member Jolena M. Grande is a licensed funeral service practitioner with Service Corporation International and current director of the Mortuary Science Program at Cypress College. She is a longtime faculty me...Read More
Kevin J. HollBoard Member Kevin J. Holl is a partner at the San Francisco/Oakland -based law firm of Gordon-Creed, Kelley, Holl & Sugerman, LLP. With more than 30 years of litigation and trial experience, he has received a...Read More
Kim PerigoBoard Member Kim Perigo was appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019. Perigo has been a professor of communication studies at San Diego Mesa College since 2006...Read More
Jennifer L. PerryBoard Member Jennifer Perry has been executive director at the Children’s Action Network since 1990, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Council on Adoptable Children. She was di...Read More
Bill RawlingsBoard Member Bill Rawlings has been a coordinator in the Academic Technology & Infrastructure department at Mt. San Antonio College since 1999, after beginning his career in education in 1993. He is a member o...Read More
Alma SalazarBoard Member Alma Salazar, 45, of Long Beach, has been senior vice president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce since 2014. She held multiple positions at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, includi...Read More
Valerie Lynne ShawBoard Member Valerie Shaw was a commissioner at the Los Angeles City Board of Public Works from 1996 to 2013, where she was president from 2001 to 2005 and was an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Ca...Read More
Blas VillalobosBoard Member Dr. Blas Villalobos currently serves as the Veterans Affairs director at Chapman University, where he provides resources and services for the student veteran population and their families. Previous to...Read More
Alexis ZaragozaBoard Member Alexis Zaragoza has been a student at Modesto Junior College since 2016, where she has held several positions for the Associated Students of Modesto Junior College, including director of political dev...Read More
Joseph WilliamsBoard Member Williams has been public affairs manager at Southern California Edison since 2019. Williams is the founder and served as chief executive officer at Youth Action Project from 2006 to 2018. Williams he...Read More
Iulia TarasovaBoard Member Tarasova has served as student trustee caucus secretary for Student Senate for California Community Colleges from 2019 to 2020. Tarasova was a student trustee of the Sierra College District Board of T...Read More
