Meet Our Trustees

• Resident of Trustee Area 4 in the City of Costa Mesa
• Past Board Experience: President, Vice President, Clerk
• Past Representative, Orange County Legislative Task Force
• Past Member, Community College League of California Advisory Committee on Educational Services
• Director, St. Mark Community Preschool, Retired
• Past, First Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Girl Scout Council of Orange County and "Lifetime Girl Scout"
• Past Member, Board of Trustees for the Costa Mesa Senior Center
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Costa Mesa Community Foundation
• Past Member, Costa Mesa City Council, 1984-1996
• Past Mayor, Costa Mesa, 1990-1992
• Inducted into Orange Coast College Alumni Hall of Fame, 2001
• 1997 Woman of the Year, Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce
• Recipient, Orange County Human Relations Commission Award
• Member, Audit and Budget Committee
• Last elected in November 2020

• Resident of Trustee Area 3 in the City of Huntington Beach
• Past Board Experience: President, Vice President, Clerk
• Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton (CSUF); almost 40 Years teaching experience at CSUF
• Education: Ph.D. from UC Irvine, BA from UCLA, trained in Interest-Based Bargaining
• Excellence in Trusteeship Certification from Community College League of California
• OCC Planetarium Advisory Committee
• Sierra Club Political Leadership Award
• Board Member, Women in Leadership
• Past Bolsa Chica Land Trust Docent
• Member and Past Chair, President's Scholars Selection Committee, CSUF
• Team Leader, CSU/Campus Compact Engaged Department Institute
• Professor for American Institute for Foreign Study London Semester
• Girl Scout Leader for 10 Years
• National Women's Political Caucus-OC Jeanette Rankin Courage to Run Award
• CSUF Outstanding Faculty Recognition: for Service to the University, for Creating Substantive Learning Opportunities for Students in the Community that Coincide with Classroom Instruction
• CSUF Awards:
  • Distinguished Faculty Award from CSUF Alumni Association
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Outstanding Service
  • Contributions to Student Success, CSUF Meritorious Performance
  • Professional Promise Award
• Member, Legislative Affairs Committee
• Representative, Orange County Legislative Task Force
• Last elected in November 2020

• Resident of Trustee Area 1 in the City of Huntington Beach
• Past Board Experience: President, Vice President, Clerk
• Past Member of Association of Community College Trustees
• Past Representative, Orange County School Board's Political Action Group Effort
• Past President and Member, California Community College Trustees Board
• Member, CHP Community Advisory Board
• Past Board Representative, Orange County Legislative Task Force
• Former Member, Coastline Community College Paralegal Advisory Board
• Past Chairman, Citizen Participation Advisory Board for the City of Huntington Beach
• Past Senior Deputy for LA County Supervisor
• Member, Audit and Budget Committee
• Last Elected in November 2022

• Resident of Trustee Area 5 in the City of Costa Mesa
• Orange Coast College Foundation Development, Alumni and Outreach Specialist, Retired
• Past Trustee, Orange County Board of Education
• Past President, Orange County School Boards Association
• Past President, California County Board of Education
• Member of Samueli Academy Boards of Education
• Vice Chair, Costa Mesa Parks, Arts and Community Services Commission
• Past Board Member and Vice President, Newport Harbor High School Foundation
• Past President, Newport Harbor Baseball Association and AYSO Soccer Region 97
• Member of Costa Mesa Women’s Club
• Member of Lion’s Club
• Education:  Ed.D from California State University Fullerton, BA from University of California, Los Angeles
• Last Elected in November 2022

• Resident of Trustee Area 2 in the City of Fountain Valley
• Past Board Experience: President, Vice President, Clerk
• Lawyer, and former City Attorney for several Orange County cities
• Government Relations Consultant, Moulton Patterson Associates
• Professor/Adjunct Lecturer California State University, Long Beach and University of California, Irvine
• Past Member, Governance Committee, Association of Community College Trustees
• Past President, Board of Directors of the Institute for Local Government
• Past member, Board of Directors, California Community College Trustees
• Former United States Congressman
• Former Mayor of Santa Ana
• Friend of Education Award, California Teachers Association, 1985
• Outstanding Public Service in Support of the Environment, Sierra Club 2012
• Married to Linda Moulton-Patterson, former Mayor of Huntington Beach
• Member, Legislative Affairs Committee
• Last Elected in November 2020

• Student at Coastline College studying Cybersecurity
• Current Chair, District Student Council
• Past Vice Chair, District Student Council
• Past Coastline College Associated Student Government President
• Past Coastline College Associated Student Government Military Senator
• Past Military Service, Army from 2000-2021
• Current member of the Orange County Veterans & Military Families Collaborative Resources Working Group
• Certified Peer Support Specialist
• Director, Coast Community College District Enterprise, Inc.

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