Foundation Partners

CCBA Foundation Partners are organizations with missions and goals that closely align with that of the CCBA and who support the work of the CCBA through grants, gifts and project and conference support. The CCBA is proud to partner with world-renowned foundations that invest in organizations and strategies that advance higher education, racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation. Current projects include:

ECMC Foundation Grant: $500,000 grant to scale up CCB degrees across the country

Ascendium Education Group Seed Grant: $50,000 to explore quality indicators for CCB degree programs

National Advisory Task Force The National Advisory Task Force guides the work and provides valuable insight for the CCBA’s grant projects.

Name	Role	Organization	State
Joyce Hammer	Chair	CCBA Advisory Task Force	WA
Debra Bragg	Co-Chair	CCBA Advisory Task Force	IL
Cheryl Cicotti	Staff	CCBA	FL
Tim Harmon	Ad hoc	Bragg & Associates	IL
Aisha Lowe	Vice Chancellor for Ed Services & Support	California Community College Chancellor’s Office	CA
Amardeep Kahlon	Vice President Academic Affairs	Paradise Valley College	AZ
Carmen Dones	Dean, Business & Health Sciences, Academic Affairs	West Los Angeles College	CA
Cynthia Spiers	President	Rhodes State College	OH
Donna Lewelling	Director, Office of Community College & Workforce Development	Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Board	OR
Esther Nair	Graduate	Mira Costa College	CA
Hans VanSumeren	Director, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute	Northwestern Michigan College	MI
Jamelle Conner	Student Affairs	St. Petersburg College	FL
Kristi Wellington-Baker	AWS Higher Education Strategy Leader	Amazon Web Services	WA
Mike Potter	Dean	Lake Washington Institute of Technology	WA
Richard N. Woodfield, Jr.	Chief Academic Officer	Ohio Association of Community Colleges	OH
Roberta Teahen	Ex-Officio	Ferris State University (retired)	MI
Sunaina Virendra	Faculty & BAS -AM Program Chair	Skagit Valley College	WA
Valerie Sundby	Director of Transfer at state board	Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges	WA
Walt Tribley	President	Northern WY CC District	WY