Board of Directors
It’s an honor and pleasure to serve you as this year’s president of CCCAOE. Our organization has come a long way in its 55-year history. We have seen a lot of changes and nothing as rapid as the change over the last 3 years. The pandemic launched us into the virtual world, we now operate under new realities and continue to make CCCAOE a vital resource for you in Career Education.
I will lead the work of our board supporting advocacy, professional development, and equity. These areas will guide the work we will engage in. This is our value proposition. We are Career Education – Each of us is a leader and represents a voice for career education and we all have a responsibility to shape our communities. Our stories are important, collectively they shape the work we all do and influence academic and career pathways for our students that are meaningful and support the workforce. CCCAOE allows all of us to engage in informative change and dialogue in evolving career education, workplace learning, and employer engagement. We do this in support of providing the best outcomes for students.
We all have an important role in career education. The work we do makes generational changes for students. We support economic and social mobility and remove polarization. This work matters.
-Robert
– Tina Recalde
Leaders Advocating for California’s Community Colleges
Executive Board
Robert Cabral
President
Dean of Student Learning, Physical Sciences & Career Education at Moorpark College
7075 Campus Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
EMAIL: RCabral@vcccd.edu
Maniphone Dickerson
Treasurer
VP of Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Innovation at San Jose City College
2100 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
EMAIL: maniphone.dickerson@sjcc.edu
Pedro Mendez
President-Elect
Dean of Career Technical Education at Modesto Junior College
435 College Ave, Modesto, CA 95308
EMAIL: mendezp@mjc.edu
Angela Cordell
Deputy Treasurer
Senior Project Coordinator of Employer Engagement Shasta-Trinity-Tehama District at Shasta College
1409 Market Street, Redding, CA 96001
EMAIL: acordell@shastacollege.edu
Tina Recalde
Immediate Past President
Dean, Health Sciences & Public Services at San Diego Mesa College
7250 Mesa College Drive, San Diego, CA 92111
EMAIL: trecalde@sdccd.edu
Harriet Happel
Communication Officer
Dean, Career and Technical Education and Integrative Learning at College of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, San Clarita, CA 91355
EMAIL: harriet.happel@canyons.edu
Staff
Amy Christianson
Executive Director
The California Community College Association for Occupational Education
1800 21st Street PMB #205, Sacramento, CA 95811
EMAIL: executivedirector@cccaoe.org
Kimberly Rachelle Ranalla
Executive Assistant
The California Community College Association for Occupational Education
1800 21st Street PMB #205, Sacramento, CA 95811
EMAIL: admin@cccaoe.org
Regional Vice-Presidents
Anthony Cordova
VP Central Region
Dean of Instruction at Bakersfield College
Applied Sciences Technology & Industrial Technology / Industrial Automation / Career Education / Apprenticeship. ITT Pathway
1801 Panorama Dr., Bakersfield, CA. 93305
Marie Amboy
VP San Francisco/Bay Region
Division Dean, Allied Health and Public Safety at Merritt College
12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA 94619
EMAIL: mamboy@peralta.edu
Marla Uliana
VP Los Angeles Region
Dean, Career & Workforce Education at Los Angeles Mission College
13356 Eldridge Avenue, Sylmar, CA 91342
EMAIL: ulianamr@lamission.edu
Nichol Roe
VP San Diego/Imperial Region
Associate Dean, Workforce Development and Extended Studies, Career Technical and Extended Education at Palomar College
1140 W. Mission Road AA-134A, San Marcos, CA 92069
EMAIL: nroe@palomar.edu
Dan Word
VP Inland Empire/Desert Region
Dean of Career Education and Human Development at Crafton Hills College
11711 Sand Canyon Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399
EMAIL: dword@craftonhills.edu
Elizabeth Arteaga
VP Orange County Region
Dean, Business & Career Education at Santiago Canyon College
8045 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92869
Gary Quire, MBA
VP SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Faculty Business Department / Career Education Liaison at College of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, San Clarita, CA 91355
EMAIL: gary.quire@canyons.edu
Sandra Fowler, Ed.D
VP North/Far North Region
Dean of CTE & Workforce Development at Woodland Community College
2300 E Gibson Rd, Woodland, CA 95776
EMAIL: sfowler@yccd.edu
KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP US FULFILL OUR MISSION AS A CCCAOE BOARD MEMBER?
Watch this video to learn what Becoming a Board Member of CCCAOE takes.
Elections are held in March of each year.
YOU can nominate yourself or other Colleagues/Members for Key CCCAOE Board Leadership Positions.
The Goals of this CCCAOE Board Fall Under 3 Broad Groups
Membership Engagement Goals
- Create attractive and easy to use technology tools and resources
- Content that is organized and easy to find
- Input processing is facilitated, develop a protocol for information sharing (reports, best practices, resource links, etc)
- Improve our Constant Contact and LinkedIn utilization
- Increase membership involvement for committee participation, local/regional/state leadership, and succession planning.
- Document/Develop a map of involvement opportunities (conference attendance, committee participation, committee chair, RAVP, RVP, Executive Board)
- Develop a presentation of CCCAOE Board participation (PPT on website, presented as slides to be delivered at Leadership Academy, conference, etc)
- Create a communication and implementation plan
Advocacy Goals
In 2021, CCCAOE will have developed a membership-vetted and approved, concrete platform which drives our activities on a grassroots, local, institutional, regional, state and federal level.
Professional Development Goals
For website to be used in outward facing communication.
Serve as the state wide leader in professional development for the CTE/EWD system, while continuously improving opportunities and increasing participation by 10% annually.
