President

TAYLOR-MENDOZA, JENNIFER 
President 
A.A., El Camino College; B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

 

Vice Presidents

ANDERSON JONES-BEY, TANYA, 2024
VP of Student Affairs
B.A., Sociology with Emphasis in Organizational Studies, Minor in Communications University of California, Davis; M.A., Education: Education, Leadership & Policy with Community College emphasis California State University, Sacramento; Ed.D., Educational Administration and Leadership with Community College/Higher Education emphasis University of the Pacific

DJEDI, ANTHONY, 2023
VP of Administrative Services 
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., University of Southern California

FORBES, SAFIYYAH, 2026
Provost/VP of Academic Affairs
Ph.D., Chemistry, Kansas State University; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship

VIZENOR, ANDREA LEE, 2025
VP of Strategy & Equity
Additional Study, Human Resources Management Cert, San Francisco State University; B.S., Public Administration, University of San Francisco; M.A., Educational Leadership, Concordia University, Portland

Deans

AYALA, DIEGO ESPINOZA, 2026
Dean, Academic Counseling and Student Success
B.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University, Monterey Bay; M.A., Educational Leadership, Santa Clara University

DENNING, JOANN, 2026   
Acting Vice Provost/Dean of Academic Affairs  
B.A., Political Science, University of California, San Diego; M.F.A., University of California, Davis  

McDEVITT Jr., JOSEPH MICHAEL, 1998
Dean, Enrollment Services
B.A., Spanish Literature and Government, Skidmore College; M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco

MIRABELLI-LOPEZ, SHANNON, 2020
Dean, Art & Design
BA, Anthropology, UC Berkeley; MA, Visual Culture, NYU; MPhil, Decorative Arts, Design History & Material Culture, Bard Graduate Center

TRUONG, LINDA, 2026   
Interim Dean, Professional Studies  
B.S., Business Administration, San Francisco State University; M.A., Business Administration, University of California, Davis  

ULLOA, JOHN, 2024
Dean, Language Arts and Social Science
B.A., History, San Francisco State University; M.A., History, San Francisco State University; M.A., Cultural Anthropology, San Francisco State University; Ed.D. Educational Leadership, San Francisco State University

VARGAS, ERIKA, 2019
Dean, Health and Human Development 
B.S., Criminology, University of La Verne, Los Angeles; M.B.A., International Business, Supply Chain Management, University of La Verne, Los Angeles; M.A., Kinesiology, Cal Baptist University, Riverside

VAUGHN, MELVIN J., 2005
Dean, Science and Mathematics
B.S., Physics, University of California, Riverside; M.S., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Directors / Managers

BOWERS, KAILANI ANGEL, 2025
Director I, Student Programs, Outreach
A.A., Interdisciplinary Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Cañada College; B.S., Human Development, Minor in Psychology, University of California, Davis

DELEVETT, AMY, 2022
Director, Disability & Educational Support Program (DESP), & Veterans Resource Center (VRC), & ADA Compliance Coordinator
Physical/Other Health Disabilities Graduate Certificate, St. Cloud State University; B.A., Psychology, Sociology of Law, Criminology & Deviance, University of MN; M.A., Educational Leadership & Administration, California Polytechnic State University

HERNANDEZ, SAMANTHA FIGUEROA, 2020
Director, Student Needs
B.A., Sociology with an emphasis on Race and Ethnic Studies, San Jose State University

LOBATO, ANA, 2016
Enrollment Manager, Admissions and Records 
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Higher Ed Leadership, San Jose State University

MANROSE, MARK, 2024
Director, Continuing Education 
B.S., Marketing, Bradley University; M.A., Education, Pepperdine University; M.B.A., New Venture Management, UNLV

MESSER, JOANNA, 2024
Director, Library and Learning Support Services
B.M., Music Performance (Flute), Lawrence University; M.L.I.S. (Library & Information Studies), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.M., Music Performance (Flute), Carnegie Mellon University

THOMPSON, RAIIDA K., 2023
Director, MESA Center
Graduate certificate degree in Student Affairs Administration, Colorado State University; B.A., Liberal Studies with a French minor from SJSU; M.A., Arab Studies with concentration on Politics of the Contemporary Arab World, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service; a Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential, San Jose State University

VILLALOBOS, LEOPOLDO, 2021
Director II, Student Programs
B.S., Business Administration, CSU Long Beach; M.A., Public Policy & Admin, CSU Long Beach

WOODS, KATIE LYNN, 2025
Director, Marketing and Public Relations