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Board of Directors
Serving alongside extraordinary California Community College leaders who tirelessly devote their time and energy to Career Education is an honor. CCCAOE continues to actively invest as an association with a mission to be a “CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE SUCCESS” and a vision of “AN EDUCATION AND CAREER FOR EVERYONE AT ANY TIME.”
Over the past several years, I have served on the CCCAOE Board in multiple capacities. I consider it a privilege to serve as your President. This board and the members of our four working committees are investing of themselves with high integrity and intentionality to bring its members quality opportunities that impact our California Community College Students to achieve career mobility and success.
In recent years, the CCCAOE board developed our association’s Equity Statement. This statement is listed below and is an important priority.
“Educational equity is serving members by providing access, opportunity, and resources through fair and balanced support for transformational success for students.” We are committed to working toward educational equity by:
- Ensuring the inclusion of diverse perspectives in professional learning services
- Providing resources through advocacy for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
- Engaging membership
- Building equity leadership capacity
- Examining and interrupting inequitable policies and practices
As I begin my tenure as your CCCAOE President, I am committed to having our Equity Statement be one of our key driving tenets interwoven within our strategic goals and plans for the future. CCCAOE has a strong 56-year-old history in supporting Career Education across the state, from rural to urban and everything in between. With the assistance and contributions from so many of you, practitioners and leaders, engaged with the Ambassadors, Professional Development, Membership Engagement, and Advocacy Committees, I will strive to lead with integrity and intentionality as we all navigate the delivery of community college supportive services and education that best impacts our students, campuses, and communities.
– Pedro
Leaders Advocating for California’s Community Colleges
24/25 Executive Officers
Pedro Mendez
President
Associate Vice President, Career Technical Education & Workforce Development at San Joaquin Delta College
5151 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95207
Angela Cordell
President-Elect
Associate Dean – Economic & Workforce Development at Shasta College
1401 Market Street, Redding, CA 96001
EMAIL: acordell@shastacollege.edu
Robert Cabral
Immediate Past President
Dean of Student Learning, Physical Sciences & Career Education at Moorpark College
7075 Campus Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
EMAIL: RCabral@vcccd.edu
Marla Uliana
Treasurer
Dean, Career & Workforce Education at Los Angeles Mission College
13356 Eldridge Avenue, Sylmar, CA 91342
EMAIL: ulianamr@lamission.edu
Harriet Happel
Communications Officer
Dean, Career Education, Integrative Learning, and the Employment Center at College of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, San Clarita, CA 91355
EMAIL: harriet.happel@canyons.edu
Autumn Gardia
Secretary
Director of Special Projects and Grants at Merced Community College District
3600 M Street, Merced CA 95348
EMAIL: autumn.gardia@mccd.edu
24/25 Regional Vice-Presidents
Nicole Griffin
VP Central Valley Mother Lode Region
Dean, Career Technical Information at Cerro Coso Community College
3000 College Heights Blvd, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
EMAIL: nicole.griffin@cerrocoso.edu
Marie Amboy
VP San Francisco/Bay Region
Vice President of Administrative Services at Merrit College
12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA 94619
EMAIL: mamboy@peralta.edu
Dr. Marcia R. Wilson
VP Los Angeles Region
Dean, Pathway Innovation and Institutional Effectiveness at Los Angeles Trade-Techincal College
400 West Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
EMAIL: wilsonmr@lattc.edu
Nichol Roe
VP San Diego/Imperial Region
Dean of 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, Apprenticeship Programs at Santiago Canyon College
8045 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92869
Michael Hoffman
VP South Central Coast Region
Career Education Grant Director at Moorpark College
7075 Campus Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
EMAIL: mhoffman@vcccd.edu
Dr. Amy Schulz
VP North/Far North Region
Executive Dean, Workforce & Strategic Initiatives at Sierra College
5100 Sierra College Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95677
EMAIL: aschulz1@sierracollege.edu
Staff
Gary Quire
Executive Director
The California Community College Association for Occupational Education
1800 21st Street PMB#205, Sacramento, CA 95811
EMAIL: ExecutiveDirector@cccaoe.org
Kimberly Ranalla
Project Manager
The California Community College Association for Occupational Education
1800 21st Street PMB #205, Sacramento, CA 95811
EMAIL:
Ericka Sandoval
Executive Assistant
The California Community College Association for Occupational Education
1800 21st Street PMB #205, Sacramento, CA 95811
EMAIL: ExecutiveAssistant@cccaoe.org
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE 25/26 ELECTIONS ON JANUARY 6, 2025
Elections are held in March of each year.
YOU can nominate yourself or other Colleagues/Members for Key CCCAOE Board Leadership Positions.
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.
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.
