Board of Trustees

Tom Epstein

President

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...
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Pamela Haynes

Vice 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...
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Hildegarde B. Aguinaldo

Board 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...
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Darius W. Anderson

Board 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 ...
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Geoffrey L. Baum

Board Member

Geoffrey Baum’s career spans education, journalism and public service. He was first appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2008 and was r...
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Felicia E. Carrillo

Board 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...
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Amy M. Costa

Board 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 ...
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Colm Fitzgerald

Board 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. ...
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Jolena M. Grande

Board 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...
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Kevin J. Holl

Board 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...
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Kim Perigo

Board 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...
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Jennifer L. Perry

Board 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...
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Bill Rawlings

Board 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...
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Alma Salazar

Board 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...
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Valerie Lynne Shaw

Board 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...
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Blas Villalobos

Board 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...
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Alexis Zaragoza

Board 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...
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