At the quarterly Central Valley Higher Education Consortium Board of Directors meeting Sept. 4, nine new CEOs of member institutions of higher education were welcomed and seated. The board is made up of the chancellors, presidents and campus directors of 28 higher education institutions in the valley’s 10-county region from San Joaquin to Kern.

The new CEO positions filled in the past year: President Jerry L. Filger, Bakersfield College; Interim President Monica Chahal, Clovis Community College; Interim President Kim Armstrong, Fresno City College;  Chancellor Steven Bloomberg, Kern Community College District;  President Brian Sanders, Modesto Junior College;  Interim President Primavera Monarrez, Porterville College; President Britt Rios-Ellis, Stanislaus State; President Rafe E. Trickey, Taft College; and Chancellor Robert Pimentel, West Hills Community College District.

See Director’s Message for board meeting photo gallery.