Chancellor Search
Riverside Community College District

Search Committee

Virginia Blumenthal
Search Committee Chair
Vice President - Board of Trustees
Criminal Defense Trial Attorney
Graduate of RCC

Douglas Beckstrom
Faculty Academic Senate, Moreno Valley Campus Representative
Associate Professor and Director of Dental Technology Program
President - Moreno Valley Academic Senate
Doctoral Candidate - Argosy U
MSGT USAF, Ret (1991)

Tim Brown
Faculty Academic Senate, Riverside City College Representative
Associate Professor Reading - Riverside City College
Chair English and Speech Communication
Faculty co-chair Strategic Planning Committee
Faculty co-chair Academic Planning Council
Employed with the District for 24 years

Debra Creswell
Confidential staff Representative
Administrative Assistant to the President of the Norco Campus
Employee of the District since 1995

Dariush Haghighat
CTA Faculty Representative
Associate Professor Political Science - Riverside City College
President, RCC-CTA

Ruth Jones
Student Representative
RCCD Student Trustee

Marcia McQuern
Community Representative
Associate Vice Chancellor for External Relations, University of California Riverside
Retired CEO, editor and publisher, the Press Enterprise regional newspaper
Former president Riverside Community College Foundation
Former consultant on administrative issues to RCCD Chancellor

Jose Medina
Board Member - Riverside Community College (11 years)
History Teacher - Poly High School, R.U.S.D.
MA - UC Riverside - History
BA - UC Riverside - Latin American Studies

Gustavo Ortiz (Tony)
California School Employees Association (CSEA) Representative
Outreach Specialist at Riverside City College for the past 6 years
Employed with the District for 10 years
Extensive Experience with the Community in K-12 and Department of Corrections

Dorothy Reina
CTA Part-time Faculty Representative
Adjunct Instructor of History at RCC Norco Campus
Taught at all 3 campuses of RCCD
Member of CCA Part-time Issues Committee
CCA Ethnic Minority Representative for RCCD

Benita Roberts
RCCD Foundation Board Representative
Retired California School Superintendent
Member, Board of Directors of the RCCD Foundation, Finance Chair

Waudier "Woodie" Ruker-Hughes
Community Representative
Employed by Riverside Unified School District as a District liaison for homeless/group and foster students
President of the Riverside Branch of the NAACP
Co-chair of a community think-tank aka: Eastside Think Tank

Karin Skiba
Faculty Academic Senate, Norco Campus Representative
Associate Professor, Art
Past President, RCC-CTA

Sylvia Thomas
Management Association Representative
Associate Vice Chancellor of Instruction, Riverside Community College District
Areas of focus include accreditation, enrollment, management, curriculum, strategic planning, and student learning and assessment
Employee of the District for 20 years

To Be Announced
Community Representative

The District

  • California's seventh oldest community college.
  • Located in western Riverside County 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
  • Serves 1.5 million people living within a 450 square mile area.
  • Operates campuses in Riverside, Moreno Valley and Norco, and education centers at March Air Reserve Base, the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and in the community of Rubidoux.
  • Offers six Middle and Early College High Schools in partnership with local K-12 districts.
  • Educates nearly 32,000 students each semester