COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELECTS INTERIM PRESIDENT FOR GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE                     At their meeting last week, the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees selected former Orange Coast College Vice President Sharon K. Donoff as Interim President of Golden West College in Huntington Beach. CONTACT: Erin Cohn District Director, Public Affairs (714) 438-4605 June 21, 2004 NEWS         A veteran Coast Community College District administrator with more than 28 years of experience, Donoff served as Vice President of Student Services at Orange Coast College from 1986 until her retirement in 2001. She will temporarily replace Dr. Kenneth Yglesias, who will take over as Chancellor of the District on July 1.         After more than 10 years as CEO of the seventh largest community college district in the nation, Vega has accepted a position as Director of the Dubai Men’s College, one of the United Arab Emirates’ Higher Colleges of Technology. He retires from the Coast District June 30, and will begin in Dubai in August of this year.         Donoff also served as Interim Vice President of Student Services at Golden West College from September 2003 through March of this year.         “I truly found it an enjoyable experience to work with the people and students at Golden West College over the last academic year as interim vice president,” Donoff said. “Returning to the college for this short-term assignment as Interim President is an honor and a privilege.”         Since retiring from the District in 2001, Donoff has worked as a consultant and interim administrator at several California community colleges. In addition, over the last two years she has served as the editor of iJournal, an online professional journal focused on student services.         “Donoff is a bright, seasoned administrator, and I am pleased that she will be serving as interim President as Golden West College goes through this leadership transition,” said incoming District Chancellor and outgoing Golden West President Yglesias. “I know the college will be in good hands as we conduct the search for a permanent President, and I very much look forward to the opportunity to work with Donoff.”         The Coast Community College District is the seventh largest community college district in the nation in credit enrollment, serving 55,000 students each semester.  The district is comprised of Coastline Community College headquartered in Fountain Valley, Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, and KOCE-TV, the district’s public broadcasting station.  ###