SCCCD Board of Trustees Member Profiles

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SEAT 1

Mr. Michael D. Berger

2013 Position: President
2012 Position: President

2011 Position: Vice President
2010 Position: Clerk
2009 Position: Member
• Elected in November 2009

• Senior Vice President and Financial Consultant, Smith Barney
• Twenty-eight years of financial management experience
• Twenty-year Member and Past President, COC Foundation Board of Directors
• Former Member, Santa Clarita Planning Commission
• Member and Past President, SCV Chamber of Commerce
• Member and Past President, SCV Rotary Club
• Finance Chairman, Child & Family Center
• 2000 COC Silver Spur Honoree for Community Service
• Member, Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer Board of Directors
• Chair, University Center Capital Campaign Major Gift Committee
• Chairman, COC Foundation Advisory Board
• Member, Citizens Oversight Committees for Bond Measures C and M
• Member, Loyola Marymount College of Business Administration Advisory Council
• 2006 Santa Clarita Valley Man of the Year
• Graduate of College of the Canyons

SEAT 2

Ms. Michele R. Jenkins

2013 Position: Member

2012 Position: Clerk
2011 Position: President
2010 Position: Vice President
2009 Position: Member
2008 Position: Member
2007 Position: President

• Elected Board Member since 1984

• Community resident since 1964

• Manages three-physician family medical practice

• High school diploma, Wm. S. Hart High School
• A.A., College of the Canyons

• B.A., Anthropology, UCLA

• M.A., Counseling, University of North Dakota

• Two children attended College of the Canyons

• Spouse, Dr. Gregory Jenkins, received A.A. in first graduating class at COC

• 2000 co-recipient (with spouse) of COC's Outstanding Alumni Award

• Member, California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board of Directors, 1994-2005

• Member, Community College League of California (CCLC) Board of Directors, 2003-2005

• President, CCCT Board and CCLC Board, 2004-2005

SEAT 3

Ms. Joan W. MacGregor

2013 Position: Vice President

2012 Position: Vice President

2011 Position: Clerk
2010 Position: Member
2009 Position: President
2008 Position: Vice President
2007 Position: Clerk

• Board Member since 1993
• President of the Board three times

• Community resident since 1969

• Former Member, COC Foundation Board of Directors

• Member, Canyon Country Site Selection Advisory Committee

• Founding Patron of the Performing Arts Center

• Vice President, Valley Oaks Properties Inc. - Real Estate Brokerage

• Past Trustee, Sulphur Springs Union School District (20 years)

• Founder of SCV Trustees Association; PTA President, SCV PTA Council President

SEAT 4

Mr. Bruce D. Fortine

2013 Position: Clerk

2012 Position: Member

2011 Position: Member
2010 Position: Member
2009 Position: Clerk
2008 Position: Member
2007 Position: Member

• Board member for 15 years; served on the college's first, original board; served as board president three times

• Community resident for 43 years

• Chief Executive Officer for American Environmental Services Inc.

• B.S. in Business Administration, Pepperdine University

• M.S. in Higher Education Administration, California State University Northridge

• Seven family members attended COC

• Executive Board, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Anti-Gang Task Force

• President, Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Public Safety Facilities Corp.

SEAT 5

Mr. Steven D. Zimmer

2013 Position: Member
• Appointed to the Board of Trustees on Jan. 14, 2013

• Attorney, Law Offices of Steven D. Zimmer

• Former Executive, The Newhall Land & Farming Co.

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Juris Doctor

• University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Science

• Past Chair, Executive Committee, College of the Canyons Foundation Board of Directors

• Current Chair, Past Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Facilities Committee for Child and Family Center Board of Directors

• Board of Directors, Government Affairs Committee, Legal Advocacy Committee for California Building industry Association

• Appointed City Attorney for several California cities

• Chief Assistant County Counsel for imperial County

• Instructor, Imperial Valley College, Paralegal Certificate Program

• Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, Masters of Real Estate Development Program

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