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Board of Directors
Kim Carr, Trustee Liaison
- Resident of Trustee Area 3 in the City of Huntington Beach
- Former Mayor and Council Member, City of Huntington Beach, 2018 - 2024
- Former Board Member – Coast Community College District Foundation, 2024 – 2026
- Board Member – UCI Health – Fountain Valley, 2019 – Present
- Board Member – Bolsa Chica Land Trust, 2024 – Present
- Volunteer – Huntington Beach Kiwanis Club, 2020 – Present
- Volunteer – Mission Viejo Saddleback Elks Lodge, 2024 – Present
- Former Commissioner – California Commission on Aging, 2019 – 2024
- Former Public Works Commssioner, City of Huntington Beach, 2012 - 2018
- B.A. American Studies, Minor in Economics, California State University, Fullerton
Ronnetta Johnson, Chair
- Chief Executive Officer of Waymakers
- Ronnetta is committed to mentoring and professional development, developing curricula for agency leadership and communications training for volunteer advocates and mediators.
- Ronnetta has championed initiatives like the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force and the Waymakers Crisis Response team.
- Named one of Orange County’s 125 Most Influential (2025) due to her leadership as CEO of Waymakers
- CCCD Foundation Board Member since 2019
Dana Swart, Vice Chair
- Former Controller at the Coast Community College District
- California Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Served on the Coast District Management Association – 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2020-21
- CCCD Foundation Board Member since 2023
Whitney Yamamura, Secretary
- CCCD Chancellor since September 2022
- Led Coast’s sponsorship of AB 1173 (2023), requiring high schools to provide community college outreach specialists the same access granted to CSU and UC representatives
- Supported AB 1805 (2024), requiring schools to teach the history of Mendez v. Westminster
- Guided Coastline College to become the first public institution in California to offer a Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education degree (Associate of Science in Management)
- Led Coast’s involvement in the Common Cloud Digital Platform demonstration project to improve statewide student data systems and support student success
- Serves as President of the California Community College Asian American Pacific Islander Trustees and Administrators
- Board Member - California Asian Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member - National Asian Pacific Islander Council of the American Association of Community Colleges
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance) from California State University, Sacramento
- Master of Arts in Economics from California State University, Sacramento
- Doctorate in Educational Leadership from University of California, Davis
Marlene Drinkwine, Treasurer
- CCCD Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services since 2022
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration
- Master’s degree in business administration
- Serves as Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) Citizens’ Bond Oversight committee member
- Serves on the Schools Association For Excess Risk (SAFER) Claims Committee and Board of Directors
- Serves on the Statewide Association of Community Colleges (SWACC) Insurance JPA
- Serves as Centralia Elementary School District (CESD) Citizens’ Bond Oversight committee member
- Serves on the Community College League of California (CCLC) Retiree Health Benefits JPA Board of Directors as the Chair
- Finance Committee and Board of Directors
- Dedicated over 30 years to public school finance and administrative leadership
- Served as Vice President of Business Services with the Long Beach Community College District
Frank Dominguez
- Proprietor, Dominguez Consulting Services
- Comprehensive experience of 38 years in education, business, and nonprofit sectors
- Served as a United Way professional for 13 years in community and government relations
- Recognized expert in the Orange County Latino/Hispanic community
- Founding member and co-architect of theOrange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF). This scholarship fund has provided over 4 million dollars in scholarships for Latino/Latino student residents in Orange County.
- In 1987, he created the first Hispanic Leadership Institute in Orange County under United Way of Orange County to serve on boards and commissions of nonprofits, state and county governments.
- 1993, he created the first Multi-Ethnic Leadership Institute in Orange County under United Way of Orange County to address the needs of a changing and diverse community to serve on boards and commissions of nonprofits, state and county governments.
- Co-Founder and served as Chair in 1989-1991 of theAssociation of Hispanic Professionals for Education (AHPE) that provided training and job opportunities for thousands of Hispanic college students with some of the top major corporations in Southern California.
- Listed as one of the Orange County Hispanic Influentials by Stay Connected of Orange County in 2006.
- Board member, Goals (formerly, Disney Goals in Anaheim)
Maricela Rios-Faust
- Chief Executive Officer of Human Options
- Board Member – Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Board Member – Hoag Memorial Hospital
- Board Member – OneOC
- Board Member – Orange County’s Continuum of Care Governing Board
- Board Member – Institute for Community Impact
- Commissioner - Commission to Address Homelessness
- Member – California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
- Named one of Orange County’s 125 Most Influential (2021) due to her leadership as CEO of Human Options
- CCCD Foundation Board Member since 2020
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