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LACCD Board of Trustees

The Los Angeles Community College District is governed by a popularly elected seven-member Board. The current Board Members for 2008-09 are:

Board members are elected at large for terms of four years. Elections are held every two years, with three members being chosen at one election and four members at the other. The President and Vice President of the Board of Trustees are elected by the Board for one-year terms at the annual organizational and regular meeting in July. A student member is elected annually--the term is June 1 through May 31 of each year. The Board generally meets twice a month on Wednesday with the closed session commencing at 12:30 p.m. and the public session commencing at 3:30 p.m. However, special meetings of the Board are sometimes called to handle business that cannot be dealt with completely at a regular meeting. For more information regarding the Board meeting schedule and location, cllick on the menu or call the Office of the Board of Trustees at (213) 891-2044.

CandaeleKELLY G. CANDAELE

Kelly G. Candaele was was first elected to the Board in June of 1997. He was re-elected in 2001 and again for another 4-year term in 2005.

Mr. Candaele received his M.A. degree in Counseling and Psychology from California State University, Chico in 1980. He is a product of the California community college system; attending both Hancock Community College and Butte Community College.

Upon graduation from Chico, Mr. Candaele traveled to Fairbury, Nebraska to work as a Counselor, Instructor of Psychology and athletic coach at Southwest Community College. Returning to California, he worked with disadvantaged and abandoned adolescents at the Deveraux Foundation in Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles in 1982.

Since the early 1980s, Mr. Candaele has worked extensively in the area of labor relations, politics and writing. He was Public Policy Director for the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor before establishing his own consulting firm. During his tenure at the Labor Federation, he was appointed by Mayor Tom Bradley to “Workforce Los Angeles,” a school-to-work organization established to help non-college bound youths prepare for emerging job opportunities. He was also a member of the City's Strategic Planning Committee.

Mr. Candaele is an accomplished writer and filmmaker. He has written extensively on public policy and history for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, The Nation magazine and National Public Radio. With a deep personal interest in Irish history and culture, he is also a frequent contributor to Irish America magazine.

Mr. Candaele has produced a number of award winning documentary films, including "A League of Their Own," about his mother's experience as a professional baseball player in the All American Girl's Professional Baseball League. His mother was a lifetime .290 hitter. Candaele wrote the story for the Columbia Picture's feature film, “A League of Their Own,” which stared Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. He also produced and directed an award-winning film on the life of assassinated Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme and a film on the Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu.

For eight years, Mr. Candaele taught classes in history, politics, economics and collective bargaining in the Labor Center at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. He has a particular interest in the areas of job training, career ladders and business labor partnerships.

Mr. Candaele is on the Executive Board of Kids in Sports, and a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the Pacific Council on International Policy.

July 2005

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FieldMONA FIELD

Mona Field has served on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees since 1999, and has been elected by her colleagues to serve as Vice-President (2002) and President of the Board (2004).

Ms. Field received a B.A. degree in Social Relations at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, and an M.A. degree in Social Sciences at California State University. Throughout her professional career, Ms. Field has been a leader in furthering causes of social responsibility, positive labor-management relations, and excellence in education.

Ms. Field is a professor of political science at Glendale Community College where she has been a faculty member since 1982. She has taught courses in American Political Ideals, California Government, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Community Volunteerism, and Introduction to Social Science.

In addition to teaching at a community college, she frequently teaches and lectures at other venues, including UCLA Extension; California State University Sacramento in the Community College Leadership Program; and the California School Employees Association Leadership Training Program.

A prolific writer, Ms. Field writes extensively on a variety of topics relating to social, education, or government issues, including a best-selling college text, California Government and Politics Today. She is a sought-after facilitator of workshops and panels for a range of organizations including the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges, the Community College League of California, and the California Studies Center.

Her recent writings include: “Leadership: Getting a New College President: Who? How? When,” Glendale College Chaparral, October 2005; “Should Colleges be forced to teach the Constitution? Think of it as a Teach-In,” American Federation of Teachers, On Campus, September 2005; “Outside Experts or Hired Guns: How does your District Handle Labor Negotiations?” FACCCTS, summer 2005; AB 982: Student Health Centers: It’s Controversial, It’s signed, and now what?” Glendale College Chaparral, November 2005; “Keeping Track of Sacramento: An Ever-Challenging Task,” FACCCTS, Winter 2004.

Ms. Field is engaged in many activities and has been the recipient of numerous awards including: Health Centers Association of the California Community Colleges Leadership Award, March 2006 for support of local funding for college health centers; Emil Freed Award for Advancing Educational Justice, Southern Calif. Library for Social Studies and Research, March 2004; California Association of Leadership Programs Distinguished Leadership Award, March 2004; Playa Vista Jobs Vision Award, November 2002, for commitment to placing at-risk individuals in job training and work.

Mona Field has worked on projects in the community college system to promote green building and sustainable campuses; to move welfare recipients into higher education; to develop a new generation of elementary level teachers who simultaneously gain tutoring experience and college credits; and to develop service learning curricula which encourages students to volunteer in the community while attaining academic goals.

Ms. Field has served as President of the Glendale College Guild and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges as well as a member of the Statewide Advisory Committee of the Center for California Studies and the Benchmark Task Force of Southern California Association of Governments.

February 2006

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MercerGEORGIA L. MERCER

Georgia L. Mercer has served on the LACCD Board of Trustees since 1998. She has served twice as Board President and twice as Vice President.

Ms. Mercer also continues to serve on the statewide board of California Community College Trustees (CCCT), having been first elected by her statewide colleagues in 2002. Additionally, she serves on the Implementation Oversight Committee for the State Chancellor's Strategic Plan.

Ms. Mercer earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education at California State University, Los Angeles. She attended the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management Executive Program, was an instructor of Group Counseling for Women at UCLA, and taught at Danube Avenue Elementary School.

Before becoming a member of the Board of Trustees, Ms. Mercer served as Mayor Richard Riordan's representative to the West San Fernando Valley and the citywide Women's Community and Jewish Community. Previously, she was Director of Public Affairs and Communications for Planned Parenthood/Los Angeles.

In addition to her service as a college trustee, Ms. Mercer is a member of the Foundation Board at California State University, Northridge and serves on the Advisory Boards of Careers In Culinary Arts LA (C-CAP/LA), the Valley Trauma Center and the Women's Political Committee.

Previous community involvements include: Founding President of the New Reform Congregation, Board of Directors and Foundation President of Valley Presbyterian Hospital, President of the Juvenile Justice Connection Project, President of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, Member of the California Task Force on Civil Rights, and Member of the State Advisory Committee on School Finance Equalization.

Ms. Mercer and her husband David have a son, Steven, daughter-in-law Nina, and grandson Joshua.

July 2007

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PearlmanNANCY PEARLMAN

Nancy Pearlman was elected to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees in 2001. She chairs the Infrastructure Committee, which is charged with reviewing all construction projects under Propositions A and AA, passed by the voters in 2001 and 2003.

Ms. Pearlman is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, environmentalist, college instructor, anthropologist, editor, producer, on-air personality, and outdoorswoman who has made safeguarding the earth’s ecosystems both a vocation and an avocation. For thirty-seven years, she has given her time and energy to the environmental cause. She was selected by the United Nations Environment Programme as a Global 500 Laureate and has received many other honors.

Since the 1970s when Nancy coordinated the first Earth Day in Southern California, she has worked with hundreds of conservation organizations, serving as administrator, founder, member of advisory councils, participant, and member of boards of directors. She founded the Ecology Center of Southern California in 1972 and Project Ecotourism in 1993, Earth Cultures in 2004, and Nancy Pearlman, the Eco-Traveler in 2007.

ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIONS, her international weekly radio series, was started in 1977 and is now the longest-running environmental radio series in the country. These half-hour programs, with one to three interviews per show, have featured leading scientists, authors, activists, and representatives from the business, academic, government, and nonprofit sectors.

As Executive Producer and Host of the three-time EMMY-nominated environmental television series ECONEWS, Nancy covers every ecological issue. Since 1984, she has presented her programs weekly to over 35 million homes via cable and broadcast television and over the Internet. Over 550 shows air on local origination, public access, governmental, school, and university channels, as well as on satellite to PBS stations.

Television specials that have won awards include “Gem in the Heart of the City” (the definitive piece on the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area) and “Wind: Energy for 90’s and Beyond.” Television show honors include ACE-nominations (Award for Cable Excellence), Hometown USA Video Festival, and Diamond Awards. Nancy’s public service announcements have won numerous Buccaneer Awards from the Public Interest Radio and Television Educational Society.

As Executive Director to Educational Communications, Nancy has edited for 35 years the bi-monthly “Compendium Newsletter” and edited for 29 years the “Directory of Environmental Organizations.” She is also president of a media consulting firm which creates audio-visual materials. She has taught Cultural and Physical Anthropology, Broadcasting, Journalism, and Mass Communications at the college level. Nancy is a blue-ribbon judge for the ChevronTexaco Conservation Awards.

Nancy Pearlman is a member of the Gypsy Folk Ensemble, performing, and teaching ethnic world dance. Her athletic achievements include completing the Western States 100-mile run, finishing the Ironman Triathlon, climbing more than 100 listed peaks in California, winning long-distance races such as the 1980 Regional Championship 50-mile race, and performing in equestrian events.

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ReddockANGELA J. REDDOCK

Angela J. Reddock was appointed to the Los Angeles Community College
District Board of Trustees on April 11, 2007 to fill the seat vacated by Trustee Michael Waxman, who resigned from the elected office. Ms. Reddock's term will expire on June 30, 2009.

An Angelino from the age of nine, Ms. Reddock headed east to earn her Bachelor's Degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where she graduated cum laude. During her years at Amherst, she earned the Kellogg Prize in public speaking. Upon returning to the West Coast, she completed a one-year fellowship in public policy and public affairs with the Coro Foundation in Los Angeles. Thereafter, she earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she served as an editor of the National Black Law Journal and as a member of the Women's Law Journal. While at UCLA, she externed for the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr. of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Ms. Reddock is heavily involved in civic affairs at the state and local
levels, currently serving as a Commissioner on both the Los Angeles
County Local Government Services Commission and the Los Angeles City Transportation Commission. She also serves as Co-Chair for the City of Los Angeles 11th District Empowerment Congress Transportation Committee and as a Hearing Officer for the County of Los Angeles Civil Service Commission. She has been a legal commentator for KCAL/KCBS News.

In addition to her board service, Ms. Reddock is an attorney with Strategic Counsel - a law, advocacy and communications firm based in Los Angeles. She is also Chair of the Board for the Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute and Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Urban League Executive Corp. She resides in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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SantiagoMIGUEL SANTIAGO

As a community organizer, educator and government representative, Miguel Santiago prides himself on working hard to empower Los Angeles working families. Born in 1973 to immigrant parents, Miguel attended local public schools, community college and then graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) majoring in History.

A life long resident of the San Fernando Valley, Miguel has been an active, steady and consistent member of his community. He is a founding member and two-term past President of the Canoga Park Neighborhood Council. With his assistance, Canoga Park became a nationally recognized "All-American City." In the West San Fernando Valley, he has been a member of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the LAPD Jeopardy Program and a board member for the Canoga Park Main Street Business Improvement District.

As an educator, Miguel taught middle school at Guardian Angel Catholic School in Pacoima. Miguel also served in several capacities at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. As Parish Director, his major accomplishments were establishing educational outreach programs for low income and immigrant communities, developing projects that increased political awareness and involvement and coordinating youth projects and charity programs. He also helped develop the church's English-as-a-Second Language Programming, Citizenship drives and voter education programs.

Miguel Santiago was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District on March 26, 2008 and was sworn in on April 9, 2008. He was selected unanimously by the Board to fill the seat left vacant by Warren T. Furutani, who resigned after his election to the California State Assembly.

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Scott-HayesSYLVIA SCOTT-HAYES

Educator and community activist, Ms. Sylvia Scott-Hayes was the first Latina to serve as President of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District in its 32- year history. First elected in 1999, she is currently serving as President of the Board.

Under Ms. Scott-Hayes' first term as President, the Board adopted a nationally recognized environmental sustainability building policy for which the Board received the prestigious Green Cross Millennium Award from Global Green USA, in recognition of its leadership in launching an extensive program to transform the nine Los Angeles community colleges into energy-efficient, sustainable campuses. In addition, the board also adopted an ambitious Project Labor Agreement for the District's two bond measures.

Ms. Scott-Hayes has spent a great portion of her career as an educator at the college and university levels. As the Director of the University Testing Center at California State University, Los Angeles, she is responsible for the management and administration of assessment, placement and professional school examinations. She is also involved in counseling and advisement and appropriate uses of examinations.

In her positions as Associate Director of a University Writing Center, Director of a Learning Resources Program and Coordinator of a Learning Technology Lab, she has expertise in developing and establishing successful student support programs to increase student retention. In addition, her teaching experience has been focused in assisting students develop college-level research and writing skills.

An active participant in the community, Ms. Scott-Hayes has received many community service awards. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund honored her for her steadfast mission to increase the number of students transferring to four-year institutions by establishing a scholarship in her name. She has received the Community Service Award from the National Chicano Health Organization; Outstanding Service Award from the Hispanic Women's Health Organization; Visionary Leadership Award from the Los Angeles Women's Appointment Collaboration, and Outstanding Women Award of California State University, Los Angeles.

Ms. Scott-Hayes is a staunch proponent of mentoring and has served as mentor for several programs and projects. These include the Pat Brown Institute Gang Youth Violence Bridging Project, where she actively worked with and provided assistance to students who were former gang members, and to the Scholar Athlete Program where she worked closely with student athletes to maintain good academic standing.

In addition, she has been actively involved in the development of the Young Women at Risk Violence Intervention Program, a joint pilot program through the City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women and the Los Angeles County Probation Department, aimed at addressing teen violence and developing linkages to mentoring programs.

Directly committed to the improvement of race relations and the betterment of communities, Ms. Scott-Hayes has been appointed to serve on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations and currently serves on the Los Angeles County Judicial Procedures Commission as an appointee of Supervisor Gloria Molina. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Los Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women and is past-president of the Los Angeles Women's Appointment Collaboration and co-founder of the Staff Literacy Program.

Ms. Scott-Hayes received a B.A. degree in Sociology and an M.A. degree in Urban Education from California State University, Los Angeles. She is currently in the process of achieving a Ph.D. degree in Politics at Claremont Graduate University. She is married to Dr. Ronald Hayes, and they have three sons.

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BustosROSE BUSTOS
Student Trustee

Rose Bustos served as the Student Body President at East Los Angeles College for 2007-2008. During her tenure, the Associated Student Union was active in creating new programs that improved services and educational accessibility to the students. Ms. Bustos was also a member of the East Los Angeles College Executive Shared Governance Council and the Student Success Committee and has been a strong advocate for student representation on the college’s committees. In 2006-2007, Ms. Bustos began a student chapter of the American Chemical Society and was President of the Chemistry Club, which planned many community service events.

Bustos was a Lead Inquiry Coach for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA’s Urban Science Corp. The program took the research of some of the world’s top scientists at JPL and customized lessons that were developmentally appropriate for elementary school aged children. Currently, Ms. Bustos is a research assistant at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena through a program sponsored by Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement Program (MESA) at East Los Angeles College and the California Department of Education. Her research group led by Dr. Harry Gray, world-renowned chemist, is seeking to enhance its understanding of the chemical reactions that are involved in the treatment of Lou Gehrig disease.

Ms. Bustos entered the community college system after working for several years in elementary school education. Inspired by a desire to do more for the children who she educated, Bustos is currently taking courses to prepare for medical school and plans to specialize in pediatric medicine. As a single mother and former educator, many of her pursuits have revolved around programs that serve local children.

Ms. Bustos earned her Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certificate in the summer of 2006 at East Los Angeles College where she graduated first in her class. She is employed by White Memorial Hospital in the Emergency Room as a floor EMT, where she works with the attending staff to provide healthcare to the surrounding community of Boyle Heights.

Ms. Bustos is grateful for her community college experience and claims, “Doors have been opened to me that I never even knew existed. The mentorship and education I have received at the community college have guided me to the world’s finest science institutions. The community colleges have allowed me to pursue a dream and discover the true depths of my potential.”

July 2008

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