Steering Committee

Angelica Ibarra
Regional Coordinator, California Community Colleges

Beth Higbee
Educational Consultant (Retired Assistant Superintendent of Education Support Services for SBCSS)

Carl Christopher
Senior Consultant, Education First

Cathy Paredes
Bank of America-Community Relations Manager and Vice President in the Inland Empire

Damiel O'Farrell
Chief Executive Officer at Parkview Legacy Foundation

Ernie Rios
Vice President of College Success, OneFuture Coachella Valley

Jeannie Kim
Vice Chancellor, Educational Services and Strategic Planning (Interim) at Riverside Community College District

Jennifer O'Farrell
Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters Inland Empire

Karen Suarez
Director, Uplift San Bernardino

Kim McNulty
Vice President of Regional Strategy, OneFuture Coachella Valley

LaTonya Parker
Counselor, Moreno Valley College and Area D- Representative Academic Senate for Community Colleges (ASCCC)

Leslie Valmonte
Regional Coordinator, California Community Colleges

Lisa Kiplinger-Kennedy
VVC Foundation. Regional Director, Business & Entrepreneurship

Louie Rodriguez
Interim Dean and a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at UC Riverside

Matt Wells
Director, Mountain Desert Career Pathways (MDCP)

Miki Inbody
Assistant Superintendent at San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools

Summer Bivens
Director, Gear Up and Cal SOAP, Cal State San Bernardino

Talisa Sullivan
Director of Equity and Access, Educational Services, Riverside County Office of Education