Leadership

Ajita Talwalker Menon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ajita Talwalker Menon is the President and CEO for Calbright College. Her job is to lead the college to help underserved Californians gain greater economic mobility and to provide skilled talent for h...

Carmen Drummond
Chief of Staff
Carmen Drummond serves as the Chief of Staff at Calbright College. She comes to the college after having led a new department at Southern California Edison established to maximize opportunities to eng...

Marisa Bold
Chief of Program Operations
Marisa White Bold is Chief of Program Operations at Calbright College. Marisa has spent her career focused on innovation in education, with a focus on improving outcomes for students and families nati...

Tamika Connor
SVP for Strategic Initiatives
Tamika Connor serves as the Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Calbright. Her background includes working at both public and private colleges, including East Carolina University, Stanf...

Jenny Johnson
VP of Government Relations
Jennifer Johnson serves as the Vice President of Government Relations for Calbright College. She comes to the college after having served as a deputy legislative secretary for K-12 education in the Of...

Pamela Sanborn
Interim VP of Learning and Instruction
Pam Sanborn is the Interim Vice President for Learning and Instruction at Calbright College. Pam has had the pleasure of working with faculty, staff, and administrators to serve adult students with di...

Ted Lai
VP of Student Services and Success
Ted Lai serves as the Vice President of Student Services and Success of Calbright College. He is a veteran educator and administrator who has worked in K-12 classrooms and district offices in Rosemead...

Brendan O'Callaghan
VP of External Affairs, Marketing, and Communications
Brendan O’Callaghan serves as the VP of External Affairs, Marketing and Communications. O’Callaghan has spent his career working in higher education, for both private and public institutions. ...

Michael Younger
VP of Workforce, Strategy and Innovation
Michael Younger serves as the Vice President of Workforce, Strategy and Innovation at Calbright College. He comes to the college with extensive private and public sector strategy and operational plann...

Paul Aycock
Vice President of Engineering
Paul Aycock serves as the Vice President of Engineering at Calbright College. He is a veteran technology leader and has worked with numerous technology companies, fast growth companies, and start-ups...

Joseph Bremgartner
Vice President of Human Resources
Joe is the Vice President of Human Resources at Calbright College. Before coming to Calbright, Joe spent over 25 years in the K-12 education system. He was a teacher, School Administrator, and Central...

Akur Varadarajan
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Akur Varadarajan is the Interim Chief Financial Officer at Calbright College. He is an accomplished public school administrator with more than 25 years in the education industry. His broad areas of ex...
Finance
Human Resources
Donald J. Grady
Executive Director, Human Resources and Employee/Employer Relations
Operations
DanielleMae Santiago
Government Relations and Policy Analyst
Jessica Howard
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Learning and Instruction
Ashley Odell
Work Experience Instructor (Workforce Readiness)
Christopher Burk
Instructor / Subject Matter Expert, Information Technology
Cindy Carney
Health Information Technology (Medical record technology ) Instructor
Elizabeth Biddlecome
Computer Service Technology Instructor
Julian West
Work Experience Instructor (Workforce Readiness)
Kristina Perkins
Instructor / Subject Matter Expert, Allied Health
Marketing and External Affairs
Student Services and Success
Denise Temal
Counselor (Career & Academic Success Coach) – Faculty
Shemila Johnson
Counselor (Career & Academic Success Coach) – Faculty
Terri Goldstein
Program Coordinator (Accessibility and Veteran Services)