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Susan Aminoff
22,154 votes
23.08%
- Occupation: Community College Professor
- Award-winning negotiator for college faculty and staff health benefits
- Created Emeritus College program at Pierce College
- Sociology and gerontology professor at community college
- 27-year resident of Santa Monica
- Running with Rob Rader and Doug Willis
Priorities:
- True shared governance -- give faculty and students a voice
- Reinstate vocational programs
- Hold administration accountable to educational and financial standards
Robert Greenstein Rader
16,982 votes
17.69%
- Occupation: Professor/Studio Executive
- Law Professor, Pepperdine University
- Vice President, MGM Studios
- Chair, Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition
- Finance Committee Chair, Bayside District Corporation (Third Street Promenade)
- Harvard College, B.A.
- Harvard Law School, J.D.
Priorities:
- Restoring civility to Santa Monica College
- Spending public funds (including bond funds) wisely
- Bringing greater public and business input into vocational programs
Margaret R. Quinones
15,465 votes
16.11%
M. Douglas Willis
14,519 votes
15.13%
- Occupation: University Accountant
- Twice elected to the Rent Board
- Member of ES Reconstruction Oversight Committee for SMMUSD
- Member of Santa Monica Charter Review Commission
- Commissioner of the Santa Monica Housing Commission
- Past-president, Family Services of Santa Monica
- Running with Susan Aminoff and Rob Rader
Priorities:
- Hold college administration accountable for educational and financial decisions
- Restore vocational programs for students
- Enforce shared governance so that faculty has a voice
Charles Donaldson
10,820 votes
11.27%
- Occupation: Retired SMC Professor
- Taught English and journalism at SMC for 31 years
- Started the faculty's emergency student relief fund
- Served as Academic Senate president in 1986-87 and in 1999-2001
- Named Faculty Assn. of California Community Colleges' statewide member of the year in 1997.
- Elected 2004-05 chairman of the board of the Pico Improvement Organization, a city-created business improvement district
- Former L.A. Times education and local government reporter
Priorities:
- Make Santa Monica College better, not bigger, by focusing on instructional and counseling needs so more students will reach their educational goals
- Restore and support vocational courses that put students in jobs and meet community needs
- Seek to improve the faculty-staff/ administration relationship as well as provide good stewardship of funds
Tonja McCoy
8,936 votes
9.31%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Educator/Mediator
- Masters Degree in Political Science from University of Hawaii
- Bachelors Degree International Studies & Business from Chaminade University in Honolulu
- Certificate in Mediation from Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution
- Certificate in Community Economic Development from San Diego State University
- Served as California State Assembly Internship
- Los Angeles Superior Court Mediator
Priorities:
- Putting Student's First above business decisions
- Advocating and reinstating for more vocational education program
- Building postive community partnerships regarding the college envirnoment
Susanne Trimbath, Ph.D.
7,117 votes
7.41%
- Occupation: Economist
- Ph.D., MBA, BSBA
- Technical Advisor, California Economic Strategy Panel
- Senior Advisor, Martinez & Wright Homeownership Partners, LLC
- Senior Research Fellow, High Institute for Specific Studies, Giza (Egypt)
- Vice Chairman, Friends of Santa Monica Public Library
- This campaign is dedicated to the memory of Joe Fuhrig, California Libertarian candidate for Senate (1982), Congress (1984) & Governor (1986)
Priorities:
- Build recognition for SMC as the regional leader in lifelong learning
- Make other regional communities "pay for play" at SMC
- A community college needs a "community": Be a better neighbor in Santa Monica
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