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Pamela Haynes
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...
Amy M. Costa
Vice President
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 ...
Hildegarde B. Aguinaldo
Board Member
Hildegarde Aguinaldo currently serves as Assistant General Counsel for DaVita Inc. Ms. Aguinaldo has a well-established history in both health care and government that uniquely positions her to addres...
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 ...
Felicia Escobar 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...
Tom Epstein
Board Member
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...
Joshua Elizondo
Board Member
Joshua Elizondo is a student member serving the Board of Governors until June 2023 appointed by Governor Newsom. Elizondo has been a student at Santa Monica College since 2017; serving as the Santa Mo...
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...
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 ...
Eleni Kounalakis
Board Member
Eleni Kounalakis is the 50th lieutenant governor of California and the first woman elected to the position. From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the Republi...
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...
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...
Roy A. Shahbazian
Board Member
Roy A. Shahbazian, of Sacramento, was appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Governor Gavin Newsom on August 20, 2021. Shahbazian has been Academic Senate President and P...
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 C...
Iulia Tarasova
Board 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...
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...
Joseph Williams
Board Member
Joseph Williams is Community Agent of Strategic Partnerships at the Rialto Unified School District. He is the founder and served as chief executive officer at Youth Action Project from 2006 to 2018. W...