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Superintendent/ President Finalists: Campus/ Community Forum

George Kozitza

Dr. George Kozitza is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor for the West Valley/ Mission Community College District in Saratoga/ Santa Clara, California. The colleges serve approximately 35,000 students, generating approximately 16,000 full time equivalent students.  Dr. Kozitza has served public education as both a faculty member and as an administrator in grade schools, community colleges and at the university level.  Over fifteen years of Dr. Kozitza’s experience has been at community colleges in California.  Ten years of his experience was as Vice President of Marin Community College District as well as Site Administrator for the Indian Valley Campus.  At Indian Valley, Dr. Kozitza re-opened the campus that had been closed for over one year. By ensuring that the mix of programs and services offered at Indian Valley met student and community needs, Kozitza was able to increase enrollment to 2000 students from the previous high of just under 1000 students. Dr. Kozitza’s contributions for the Marin Community College District were recognized by the California State Senate in a resolution.      After departing from the Marin Community College District, Kozitza served for four years as Vice President for Administration at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. WOU is the center of community activity in the small, rural town of Monmouth. Through building partnerships with the Monmouth community, work with the University Foundation and state legislators, Dr. Kozitza’s efforts resulted in the physical expansion of the campus by 50%, adding new housing for students, a revitalized student union, a new library, and new fields for physical education and athletics.      Dr. Kozitza’s extensive administrative and organizational experience has led to his recruitment to assist public educational institutions including San Francisco Unified School District.  At San Francisco, Kozitza helped garner community support for improvement and addition of facilities.  A $300 million bond measure was passed with a 76% favorable vote while Kozitza was in San Francisco.  At the request of the Board of Trustees of the South San Francisco Unified School District, Dr. Kozitza served as Superintendent of Schools. A major goal in South San Francisco was to increase community partnerships and financial support for the schools.  Working with the City of South San Francisco, service organizations, businesses and community groups, Dr. Kozitza was successful in increasing the number of partnerships that supported education to well over one hundred. A Foundation was formed and continues to contribute over $500,000.00 each year to support public education in South San Francisco.      Dr. Kozitza’s higher education teaching experience includes mathematics at the community college level and teacher education at the university level. Dr. Kozitza earned his doctorate in educational administration at the University of Southern California and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at California State University, Los Angeles. Interview: Thursday, May 1, 2008 Campus/ Community Forum: Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Randall C. Lawrence

Education: Ph.D. Candidate - Major: Music History, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music 1980 - M.A., Major: Choral Conducting, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music 1978 - B.A., Double Major: Music Composition and Music Education, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR Professional Experience: Olympic College, Bremerton, WA 1987-1996 - Faculty - Professor of Music 1996 - Interim Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities 1997 - Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities 2002 - Interim Vice President of Instruction 2003-Present – Vice President of Instruction Awards Recipient of the following awards for excellence: Faculty Administration The Chair Academy - a national leadership award for demonstrated excellence and commitment to higher education. Bridge Builder Award State and National Committees: Serves on the national Board for the Chair Academy and co-chair of the state Joint Access Oversight Group Hobbies: Music (conducting; Renaissance music notation and transcription) Interview: Monday, May 5, 2008 Campus/ Community Forum: Monday, May 5, 2008 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Ronald Taylor

Ron Taylor is Vice President of Academic Services at Chabot College in Hayward, California. As chief instructional officer of this college of 14,000 students, he oversees more than sixty instructional programs and an annual budget of $38 million. He has spearheaded the development of off-campus offerings, and developed an innovative approach to academic support services.  Before coming to Chabot, Dr. Taylor was Dean of Instruction at Reedley College in California’s central valley, a rural college of 5,000 students.  From 2000 – 2003, he worked with the community to establish the college’s first strategic plan. He also established a partnership with the City of Dinuba, founding the Dinuba Vocational Center, and he created a healthcare interpreter program, the first in the region.       Dr. Taylor began his teaching career in Kyoto, Japan, where he taught English and linguistics after earning his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He also taught at the University of Virginia before moving back to California, and taking up community college teaching at Santa Rosa  Junior College.       Dr. Taylor has extensive experience working with diverse populations and has sponsored activities to promote cross-cultural understanding. At Chabot College, he has facilitated development of a new educational master plan, as well as an innovative approach to program review focused on student learning pathways. In addition to establishing off-campus course offerings at Chabot, he has fostered a substantial increase in online courses. In April, 2007, he was named Distinguished Administrator by Chabot’s Academic Senate.  Dr. Taylor has worked with faculty and staff to redesign various shared governance procedures. At Santa Rosa Junior College, he facilitated the revision of faculty evaluation procedures, and collaborated with staff in a major classification study.      Dr. Taylor has brought additional funds to the institutions he has served, having secured grants for Chabot’s nursing program and a $2 million Title V grant to expand learning communities at Reedley. He has been active in facilities bond campaigns, facilities planning and reconstruction. An active community member, Dr. Taylor has been appointed to citizen task forces in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as program chair of his Rotary Club, and participated in many fundraising activities. He has also been an advocate for the community college legislative agenda in California, serving on the Commission for Finance and Legislative Advocacy of the Association of California Community College Administrators.      Dr. Taylor has presented at many professional conferences and written articles on topics related to shared governance and collaborative decision-making, learning communities, enrollment management, and institutional change. His current focus is on developing effective strategies for linking budgeting to planning, and assessing learning broadly across the curriculum.      Dr. Taylor sees his primary strength as building consensus and community on campus, and fostering effective shared governance through an emphasis on collaboration—thereby improving student learning through gradual institutional improvement. Interview: Thursday, May 1, 2008 Campus/ Community Forum: Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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