Our Team

Alfred Fernandez, Ph.D.

Founder of Community College Search Services (CCSS)
Chancellor Retired, Coast Community College District.
Former President, Dean of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Admissions Officer and Geology professor.
Previously served as a member of the Executive Committee for AACC and Board of Trustees for the College Board.
Many presentations for ACCCA and League of Innovation for future presidents.
Harry Buttimer Distinguished Administrator Award, Association of California Community College Administrators.

Joan E. Smith, Ed.D.

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Chancellor Emeritus, Yosemite Community College District.
President Columbia College.
Executive Vice President of Student Learning, Ventura College.
Dean of Business, Industry and Technology, Art, and Off-Campus Programs, Ventura College.
Dean of Student Services, Oxnard College.
Created and established the Yosemite Community College District Leadership Academy.
Led efforts with the Modesto Junior College President to establish the MJC Baccalaureate Program in Respiratory Therapy.
Honored as Honorary Member of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, International Business Honor Society of Community and Junior and Technical Colleges, 2002 & 2008.
Distinguished Services Award (Management Classification), Ventura College, 2004.

Robin Calote, Ed.D.

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President Emeritus, Ventura College.
Vice President, Instruction, San Bernardino Valley College.
Dean, Learning Resources, San Bernardino Valley College.
Created, through the college's foundation, the Ventura College Promise Program and the Ventura College Corporate Promise Program.
Pacific Coast Business Times, Top 50 Women in Business Recipient, April 2008.
Distinguished Service Award (Management Classification), Ventura College, 2006.
San Bernardino Valley College Administrator of the Year, 1998 and 2003.

Stan A. Carrizosa, M.A.

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Superintendent/President Retired, Sequoias Community College District (7 yrs.)
Member Statewide Accreditation Task Force (State Chancellor appointee)
Vice Chair, California Community College Athletics Association Board of Directors
Member of Executive Board of the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium
Member of statewide assistance team for the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (State Chancellor appointee)
Visiting Team Chair and member of the Association of California Community and Junior Colleges accreditation review teams
Superintendent for both small and large K-12 districts - Dinuba Unified, 6,000 enrollment (7 yrs.) and Visalia Unified 30,000 enrollment (10 yrs.)
Faculty member, School of Education, California State University, Fresno

Willard Lewallen, Ph.D.

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Superintendent/President Emeritus, Hartnell Community College District
Former President, Vice President, Dean, and Faculty Member
Commissioner, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
STEM Center Building at Hartnell College named the “Willard Lewallen STEM Center”
Paul Holmes Facilities Leadership Achievement Award, Community College Facility Coalition
Distinctive Service Award, Purdue University
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Presidential Service Award
Distinguished Alumnus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Eva Conrad, Ph.D.

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President Emeritus, Moorpark College.
First Amendment Award from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, 2008.
Chair, California Community College Commission on Athletics.
President's Award from the Academic Senate, Moorpark College, 2005.
Executive Vice President, Moorpark College.
Leadership Award for Administrative Excellence, Association of California Community College Administrators, 2002.
Vice President of Instruction, San Bernardino Valley College.
Visiting Scholar, UCLA.
Faculty, San Bernardino Valley College.

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