Mt. SAC Board of Trustees
Judy Chen Haggerty, Esq., Member
Area 6
Judy Chen Haggerty has served as a member of the Mt. SAC Board of Trustees since 2001.
Trustee Chen Haggerty serves the area of Rowland Heights, a portion of Diamond Bar,
and south Walnut. She was the first Asian-American to serve on the Mt. SAC Board.
In January 2025, she was appointed to the California Community College Trustees (CCCT)
Board to fill a vacancy and, in March 2026, was elected by her statewide trustee colleagues
to continue serving on the Board. In October 2019, she was the top vote getter for
a director-at-large seat on the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Board.
She completed her term in 2022 as the only female Asian serving on the Board. She
is reprising her role on the ACCT Impact & Success Committee (former Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Committee), where she previously served as chair. She has also served
as chair of the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American Caucus.
Trustee Chen Haggerty’s leadership role in national and statewide projects advocating
for student success and employee equity in the community college system includes being
a founding member of the AAPITA (Asian American Pacific Islander Trustees and Administrators),
six years working on the CLASS Initiative for Student Success, 10 years service on
the Community College League of California’s Advisory Committee on Educational Services
(ACES), an evaluation team member of the Accrediting Commission for Community and
Junior Colleges (ACCJC), and serving on the ACCT Charles Kennedy Equity Awards Committee
for two years and as the 2019 Chair. In August 2024, Trustee Chen Haggerty was honored
as the recipient of the ACCT Trustee Leadership Award for the Pacific Region, recognizing
her decades of service to the California community college system. In October 2024,
she received national recognition as the recipient of the ACCT M. Dale Ensign Trustee
Leadership Award, the highest level award that honors individuals who have made a
significant contribution as a community college trustee.
Over the past 25 years, Trustee Chen Haggerty has served as a panelist, presenter,
facilitator, and guest speaker for numerous workshops during CCLC’s state conferences
and ACCT national conferences on topics including board governance, legislative advocacy,
students’ success, chancellor office’s initiatives, etc.
Trustee Chen Haggerty has been a practicing attorney since 1986, a community college law professor and CTA member for 20 years. She currently serves on the governing board of Whittier Hospital Medical Center and is an active member of the Rowland Heights Women's Club. Her 40-year community service profile includes: founding director of FORUS Foundation (Rowland Unified School District), founding president of Rowland Chinese Association, executive board member for the Mt. SAC Foundation, Vice President of the Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council, board member of Walnut/Diamond Bar Sheriff’s Booster Club, member of Walnut Valley Rotary Club, and 10-year board member of the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital.
(re-elected 2022)
email: trusteehaggerty@mtsac.edu
