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Meet Our Trustees
Mary Hornbuckle: President
- 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
Lorraine Prinsky: Vice President

- 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
Jim Moreno: Board Clerk
- 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
Elizabeth Dorn Parker: Trustee
- 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
Jerry Patterson: Trustee
- 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
John Bruning: Student Trustee
- 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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