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Rio Hondo College President Selected to Lead Regional Consortium, SanFACC
July 27, 2010
Dr. Ted Martinez, Jr., president/CEO Rio Hondo College has been selected chair of the San Gabriel/Foothill Association of Community Colleges (SanFACC).
Martinez succeeds Dr. John S. Nixon, president of Mt. San Antonio College, and will serve a one-year term.
SanFACC, founded three years ago, is comprised of Chaffey College, Citrus College, Glendale College, Mt. San Antonio College, Pasadena City College and Rio Hondo College.
Martinez has been Rio Hondo’s president since 2007. He previously served as president of Grossmont College. During his tenure there, he served as president of SDICCCA, the regional community college CEO consortium in San Diego County. A 30-year education veteran, Martinez was also president of Daley College in Chicago.
He has held national leadership roles, including election to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and as president of the National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC). He is also an invited member of the University of Florida’s Community College Futures Assembly, and serves as a contributing lecturer to CSU Long Beach community college doctoral program.
SanFACC seeks to establish and maintain good communication between the region’s community colleges and to work together to represent the member colleges regarding legislative matters. SanFACC’s top priorities for the upcoming fiscal year is maintaining community college funding through ongoing advocacy efforts, and to seek ways to collectively leverage community college resources for the region’s benefit.
Martinez’s term as chair comes at a time when SanFACC’s member colleges, as well as those throughout the state, continue to be faced with unprecedented budget challenges.
“The circumstances dictate that we work together to leverage our resources in these dire fiscal times, “Martinez said. “The SanFACC collective approach provides a forum to discuss strategies and opportunities of mutual benefit for all our students, and to speak with a regional voice on critical issues.”
