Administration/Board of Trustees
In 1966, voters approved the creation of the Pasadena Area Junior College District. The name was subsequently changed to the Pasadena Area Community College District.
PCC is governed by a nine member board of trustees. Seven members are elected (each of whom represents a geographical section of the Pasadena Area Community College District), one is a student trustee who is elected by the student body, and one is the sitting college President, who is also the district Superintendent. The current President/Superintendent is Dr. Mark Rocha, who assumed that position on July 1, 2010.
Recent President/Superintendents include Jack Scott (1987–1995), who served as State Senator from 1996 to 2008 and is now (since 2009) Chancellor of the California Community College system; Dr. James Kossler, 1995–2007; Dr. Paulette Perfumo, who held the position from August 2007 until her abrupt resignation in 2009; and Dr. Lisa Sugimoto, who served as Acting President through the end of the 2009/2010 academic year. Dr. Mark Rocha, former West Los Angeles College president, was chosen to replace Sugimoto.
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