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contact the Chancellor's Office at (661) 336-5104 or
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 The Kern Community College District
service area is divided into five segments for elected representation. Of the
seven members of the KCCD Board of Trustees, two each represent central
Bakersfield and southwest Bakersfield. One each represents Porterville,
Ridgecrest and northeastern Kern County. |
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Mr. John Corkins --
President |
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Mr. Corkins represents the Porterville
College service area and was elected in November 2006. He is the President of
Research For Hire, Inc., a diversified Agri-Business Corporation; farms olives,
kiwis, and citrus in Tulare and Kern Counties; and is a partner in developing
commercial property in Tulare County. He serves as a Governor appointee to the
24th District Ag Association Board of Directors and the Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board. He is a member of the Board Finance and Audit
Committee and the Legislation Committee.
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Mr. John Rodgers --
Vice President |
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Mr. Rodgers is Vice President, Investments and
Certified Financial Planner for Well Fargo Advisors in Bakersfield and a former
elementary school teacher and administrator. He represents central Bakersfield
and has been a member of the Board since December 1994. Mr. Rodgers also served
as an elementary school board member and taught part-time at Bakersfield
College. He currently chairs the KCCD Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee. |
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Mr. Beebe -- Clerk |
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Mr. Beebe represents the southwest Bakersfield
service area and was elected December 2000. He is owner of a residential and
business security firm. Mr. Beebe served as the Board President in 2005 and
2006. He chaired the Evaluation/Accreditation Committee and currently serves on
the Legislation Committee. |
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Mr. Ruby Hill |
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Mr. Hill represents the northeastern portion of Kern County, a Bakersfield
College service area. Trustee Ruben Hill is a former Bakersfield College student
who comes to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees with a wealth
of leadership experience. A retired fire captain, Hill spent 16 years on the
Delano High School District Board of Trustees. He also served eight years on the
Delano City Council, two years of which included holding the position of Mayor
of Delano. Hill said his focus on the KCCD Board of Trustees is to do what he
can to assure that students continue to get a quality education. |
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Mrs. Pauline Larwood |
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Mrs. Larwood represents central Bakersfield and
was elected in November 1998. She is a business consultant and served as a
member of the Kern County Board of Supervisors for 12 years. She also taught
part-time at Bakersfield College. In 2004, she was appointed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger to serve on the California Community Colleges Board of
Governors. Mrs. Larwood chairs the KCCD Trustees’ Legislation Committee and
also serves on the Finance and Audit Committee. |
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Mrs.
Kay Meek |
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Mrs. Meek represents the southwest Bakersfield
service area and was provisionally appointed in January 2003 to fill a vacant
seat. She served an earlier two-year term after being elected in a special
election to fill a vacated seat. Mrs. Meek is a partner in a local automobile
dealership and is a former Executive Director of the Bakersfield College
Foundation. She was elected Board President in December 2006. She has served on
the Legislation Committee and currently serves on the Evaluation/Accreditation
Committee. |
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Mr.
Stuart Witt |
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Mr. Stuart Witt represents the Ridgecrest area
and was first elected in 2002 to the Board. Mr. Witt is General Manager of the
East Kern Airport District in Mojave. He is former Executive Vice President of
CTA, Incorporated, a nationwide engineering services firm, as well as a former
United States Navy aviator and project and engineering test pilot. Mr. Witt
brings a vast business perspective to the Board from Kern County's high
technology region. He served on the Trustees’ Legislation Committee and
currently serves on the Evaluation/Accreditation Committee. |
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Mr. Angelo Sanchez – Student Member |
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Mr. Sanchez brings an enhanced student perspective to the Board,
representing students from Cerro Coso Community College, Bakersfield College and
Porterville College. He has a zeal for leadership and a desire to understand
the politics and issues that drive decisions that affect students throughout our
district and state. Mr. Sanchez is a sophomore majoring in engineering at Cerro
Coso Community College’s Ridgecrest campus and served as his school’s Senior
Student Senator in 2011-2012. He plans to transfer to California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo or California State University, Long Beach to
earn a degree specializing in magnetics. |
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