Maria L. Heredia Appointed To CLPCCD Board Of Trustees

DUBLIN, CA — The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees has appointed retired community college counselor and Department Chair Maria L. Heredia to its board of trustees. She will hold the Trustee Area 4 seat (Castro Valley and parts of Oakland)—which was formerly held by longtime Trustee Donald L. "Dobie" Gelles until his unexpected passing in May—until at least the next scheduled election for governing board members in November 2020.

She will take the oath of office at the board's regularly scheduled meeting July 16 at the district office in Dublin, 7600 Dublin Blvd., 3rd Floor.

"We are pleased to announce Ms. Heredia to the Board of Trustees," said Edralin "Ed" Maduli, president of the board of trustees. "Her 30 years of community college experience, commitment to student success and knowledge of the areas in which she will serve will make her a valuable addition to our diverse and dedicated board."

Heredia has four decades of public school experience, including 10 years at the high school level and 30 years at community colleges. She has previously been employed at Merritt, Laney, Chabot and City College of San Francisco, where she served as a counselor/coordinator and department chair and managed a counseling office.

Throughout her career, Heredia has been elected to three terms as department chair and three terms as part of the academic senate, as well as received appointments to multiple key committees, including curriculum, articulation, budget and planning. She has been a member of The Centro Legal, the La Raza board in Oakland, a number of southwest voter registration drives and many community and parent education associations, according to the CLPCCD.

Heredia holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and Spanish from Holy Names University in Oakland and a master's degree in school and career counseling from San Francisco State University.

The CLPCCD Board of Trustees is responsible for the governance of Chabot College in Hayward and Las Positas College in Livermore.