Ohlone Community College Board Of Trustee Elected To State Board

Press release from Ohlone College:

Ohlone Community College District Board of Trustee Sue Chan Elected to Serve on the California Community College Trustees Board

Fremont, Calif., June 1, 2020—Ohlone Community College District Board of Trustee Suzanne Lee Chan has been elected to serve on the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board. Chan joins eight other trustees on the newly elected CCCT Board, with trustees serving a three-year term from 2020-2023. The first meeting of the new CCCT Board will take place this month.

“I am honored in being able to serve not only on the Ohlone Community College District Board of Trustees but now on the state level on the CCCT Board,” says Chan. “Being involved at the state level is a way to truly make positive changes through the development of policies that will impact all of our California Community Colleges for the better.”

The California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board consists of 21 members elected statewide by the 73 district governing boards and a student-member elected by the student trustees. The CCCT Board takes positions on and formulates education policy issues that come before the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, the State Legislature, and other relevant state-level boards and commissions. This policy board provides input to the League Board to advance the mission and effectively serve the organization's member colleges.

Chan, who was elected to the Ohlone Community College District Board of Trustees in November 2018, has a long-history of public service including serving on the City of Fremont Planning Commission from 2005 to 2008, two terms on the City of Fremont’s City Council from 2008-2016 and being elected to serve as Fremont’s Vice Mayor in 2011 and 2015. Chan was also actively involved when she served on the Board of the League of California Cities.

“Now more than ever with the COVID-19 pandemic, looming budget cuts for education, and the downturn in the economy, we must be even more vigilant in advocating for our students,” says Chan. “Serving on the CCCT Board will be an opportunity to work on behalf of all California Community College students to provide the finest education possible and to ensure their educational pathway to success."

This press release was produced by Ohlone College. The views expressed here are the author's own.