Enrique Perez, the Vice Chancellor at Santa Ana College informed the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s (RSCCD) Foundation Board on April 9, 2013 that the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) could no longer afford to carry their Women’s Business Center.
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez sent a letter to Perez, advocating for the Center, but Perez apparently felt that it would cost more than $250,000 to keep it running.
On October 31, 2013, Foundation board member, Eddie Marquez moved, and RSCCD Trustee Nelida Mendoza Yanez seconded a motion that carried unanimously to authorize Perez to conclude the Women’s Business Center project.
On February 19, 2015, Raul Rodriquez, as the authorized representative of the Foundation entered into a $250K preliminary agreement between fiveDLearning and the RSCCD Foundation for “Assistance to Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia” where the RSCCD Foundation will be consulting with two all-male schools that forbid women from attending or teaching.
Unbelievable. Santa Ana College can’t fund a women’s center but opts instead to go help Islamic extremists in the Middle East that refuse to allow women to learn or to teach?
The RSCCD Faculty Association sent a cease and desist letter to various members of the district foundation, including Chancellor Raul Rodriguez, on April 16, giving them 30 days to terminate the deal or face a lawsuit. With the deadline approaching, Enrique Perez, the foundation’s executive director, said there are no plans to halt the Saudi deal that could be worth up to $120 million, according to El Don.
Click here to email the RSCCD Trustees. The Trustees include: Vice President Claudia C. Alvarez, Interim Student Trustee Hector Soberano, Jose Solorio and Nelida Mendoza Yanez; Phillip E. Yarbrough, Arianna P. Barrios, President Lawrence R. “Larry” Labrado and Clerk John R. Hanna. They are all Democrats except for Yarbrough, who is a Republican, and Barrios, who is supposedly an independent.
Click here to view the RSCCD Foundation’s Board of Directors.
FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS:
- Claudia C. Alvarez, Trustee, RSCCD
c/o Anita Lucarelli
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
lucarelli_anita@rsccd.edu - Arianna Barrios, Trustee, RSCCD
c/o Anita Lucarelli
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Lucarelli_anita@rsccd.edu - Kristin Crellin (President), Executive Director, School and Community Relations
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
2115 North Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Cell: (714) 914-2478
kcrellin@schoolsfirstfcu.org - John Didion, Executive Vice Chancellor
Human Resources and Educational Services
Rancho Santiago Community College District
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Office: (714) 480-7489
didion_john@rsccd.edu - Rossina Gallegos, Director & Foundation and Community Outreach Officer/
Corporate Social Responsibility
Union Bank
445 So. Figueroa St., 401 Suite
MC G04-010
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Office: (213) 236-5865
rossina.gallegos@unionbank.com - Peter Hardash, (Treasurer) Vice Chancellor Business Operations/Fiscal Services
Rancho Santiago Community College District
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Office: (714) 480-7340
hardash_peter@rsccd.edu - Hector J. Infante, Manager, Policy, Government & Public Affairs
Chevron
145 S. State College Blvd, Suite 400
Brea, CA 92821
Office: (714) 671-3457
hectorinfante@chevron.com - Todd O. Litfin, Partner
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
611 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400 Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1931
Office: (714) 641-3454
TLitfin@rutan.com - Eddie Marquez, Manager, Public Affairs Region
Southern California Edison 1325 S. Grand Ave. Bldg. B
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Cell (949) 422-8226
Eddie.Marquez@sce.com - Dr. Erlinda Martinez, President
Santa Ana College
1530 W. 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Office: (714) 564-6975
martinez_erlinda@sac.edu - Nelida Mendoza Yañez, Trustee, RSCCD
c/o Anita Lucarelli
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
lucarelli_anita@rsccd.edu - Enrique Perez, (Executive Director) Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educational Services
Rancho Santiago Community College District
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Office: (714) 480-7460
perez_enrique@rsccd.edu - Richard Porras, (Vice President) Regional Vice President
AT&T
1442 Edinger Avenue
Tustin, CA 92780
Office: (714) 259-6690
Richard.Porras@att.com - Dr. Raúl Rodríguez, (Secretary) Chancellor
Rancho Santiago Community College District
2323 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Office: (714) 480-7450
rodriguez_raul@rsccd.edu - Dr. John Weispfenning, President
Santiago Canyon College
8045 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92867
Office: (714) 628-4930
weispfenning_john@sccollege.edu
Art,
I appreciate your posting this information. The sad part is Santa Ana College is unnecessarily being dragged into this controversy when the blame rests solely on the members of the District Foundation. According to almost five years of minutes, Foundation Board members never even discussed the issue, but allowed the administration to sign contracts and pay expenses for multiple trips to Saudi Arabia while looking the other way.
The District administration seems to think that by running the Saudi contract through the Foundation it becomes separate from the two colleges. Unfortunately that is not the case. No matter how the District spins this the good name of Santa Ana College will now forever be associated with this debacle.
Sincerely,
Barry Resnick
President
Faculty Association of RSCCD
Good point Barry. What a shame!
Enrique Perez,a LATINO!!! OH MY!!!!