TUESDAY, JUNE 09, 2009
Baca Named to State’s Community Colleges Board of Governors
WALNUT, Calif.—Dr. Manuel Baca, a Mt. SAC Board of Trustees member since 1999, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for a three-year term. He will continue to serve on the Mt. SAC board concurrently.The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges sets policy and provides guidance for the system’s 72 districts and 110 colleges. The 17-member board formally interacts with state and federal officials and other state organizations.
Baca, 60, of Diamond Bar, has worked at Rio Hondo College since 1982 and currently serves as a full-time, tenured faculty member, teaching political science, business management and business law. He was elected to Mt. SAC’s Board of Trustees in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 and 2007, and has served as board president and other executive offices. Statewide, Baca served on the California Community Colleges System Strategic Plan Steering Committee in 2005.
Baca served as Rio Hondo College’s interim president in 2007 and was the interim dean of business, arts and applied technology from 2004 to 2006. He served as vice president of student services from 1991 to 1997 and director of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), financial aid/veterans’ services from 1982 to 1991.
Baca earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University, Fullerton and a doctorate from the University of Southern California.
Long active in civic, educational and business interests and associations within the greater San Gabriel Valley, Baca is a member of the Kiwanis of Walnut Valley; a mentor with the El Monte Union High School District; a member of the 32nd Congressional District's U.S. Military Academies Advisory Committee; a charter member of the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles; a past member of the Rio Hondo Symphony Association and the Los Angeles and Rio Hondo Boys & Girls Club executive committees.
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