Committee Responsibilities

Primary responsibility of the Advisory Committee on Legislation is to advise the League boards (CCCT/CEOCCC) on state and federal legislation affecting community colleges, and general advocacy strategies. The committee reviews legislation and related issues requiring legislative resolution, develops appropriate legislative solutions and recommends appropriate League advocacy priorities.

Specific activities include:

1. Analyze and develop recommendation for action by the CCCT and CEOCCC boards on state legislation and, as time permits, federal legislation. Provide advice on means to support the positions adopted by the boards.  In this capacity, the committee will review legislation that impacts the community colleges; discuss potential effects, advantages and disadvantages and possible advocacy strategies; and recommend positions for CCCT and CEOCCC boards action;
2. Develop, in concert with the needs of local districts and the Board of Governors, advisory recommendations to the CEO and CCCT boards for the Community College Legislative Program of priority issues to be addressed by the legislature;
3. Develop recommendations on strategies for advocacy on key legislation, and ensure local community college representatives are informed in a timely and effective manner about legislative issues and activities;
4. Explore and propose strategies to further enhance League legislative and advocacy activities through the increased involvement of locally elected governing boards, chief executive officers, students, district personnel and community leaders, including increased use of technology;
5. Advise and assist in the maintenance and distribution of the League’s Advocacy Handbook and other related advocacy information, thereby encouraging and facilitating local community college governing boards, district personnel, and students to influence legislative actions and to work with the Board of Governors and Executive Branch; and
6. Prepare for and attend meetings of the committee, contribute to the discussions; and plan, attend and assist at the Annual Legislative Conference as time allows.

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2009-10 Members:

• Kathryn G. Lehner (Committee Chair), Superintendent/President, Mendocino-Lake CCD
• Laura Casas Frier (Committee Vice-Chair), Trustee,
  Foothill-De Anza CCD
• Robert Adams, President, Merritt College
• Rick Alexander, Trustee, Grossmont-Cuyamaca CCD
• Benita Briones, Alternate Liaison,
  California Community College Classified Senate (4CS)
• Rita M. Cepeda, President, San Diego Mesa College
• Nancy Chadwick, Trustee, Palomar CCD
• Ray Gen, Trustee, El Camino College
• Janet Green, Trustee, Riverside CCD
• Marilyn Grinsdale, Government Relations, Citrus College
• John Hanna, Trustee, Rancho Santiago CCD
• Eric Harnish, Liaison, Community College Public Relations Officers (CCPRO)
• Louise Jaffe, Trustee, Santa Monica College
• Gary Lewis, Superintendent/President, Shasta-Tehama-Trinity CCD
• John Longville, Trustee, San Bernardino CCD 
• Adrian Lopez, Director of Public and Government Relations, Yuba CCD
• Jamillah Moore, President, Los Angeles City College
• Alex Pader, Senator, Student Senate, Napa Valley College
• Nancy Palmer, Trustee, Sierra Joint CCD
• David Pelham, Superintendent/President, Cuesta College
• Monte Perez, President, Moreno Valley Campus
• Francisco Rodriguez, Superintendent/President, MiraCosta CCD
• Abe Rojas, Trustee, Yosemite CCD
• Sylvia Scott-Hayes, Trustee, Los Angeles CCD
• Henry D. Shannon, Superintendent/President, Chaffey CCD
• Jan Patrick Sherry, General Counsel, Los Rios CCD
• Monica Souza, 4CS, Sacramento City College
• Jon Stephens, Vice President of Business Servces,
  San Joaquin Delta College
• Noelia Vela, Chancellor, San Bernardino CCD

Meetings

• 2010-11 Meetings TBA

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Staff to the Committee

Bonnie Slosson, Director of Government Relations
bslosson@ccleague.org
(916) 441-0353

Kristine Schilpp, Assistant Director of Government Relations
kschilpp@ccleague.org
(916) 441-0353