Santa Ana College continues to disrespect women

Trustees along with former Santa Ana College’s ASG president Raquel Manriquez. / Joanna Meza / el Don

Enrique Perez, the Vice Chancellor at Santa Ana College inform​ed​ 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