Board of Trustees
The Valencia Foundation $68 million endowment is about 12 times the average community college endowment, which reflects the abnormally large commitment of local business, organizations, and individuals, including the foundation board of directors. People on the Board of Directors are as follows:
- Chairman, Bertica Cabrera-Morris
- Vice Chairman, Maria Grulich Toumazos
- Trustee, Jerry Buchanan
- Trustee, Jo Quittschreiber
- Trustee, Lew Oliver
- Trustee, Lori Kifer Johnson
- Trustee, Guillermo Hansen
- Trustee, Fernando Perez
The seal of the college includes the coat of arms of Valencia, Spain, in the middle and the entire diamond design stems from it. However, the college is not named for the city in Spain, but rather for the Valencia oranges which are grown in central Florida (which is why the old-timers pronounce it as is proper for the citrus fruit).
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