SPOTLIGHT ON CVHEC: Dr. Clark to co-lead CVHEC dual enrollment with Cash

Former WHCCD chancellor resumes higher ed career

(FEB. 23, 2025) — Dr. Kristin Clark, chancellor-emeritus of West Hills Community College District (WHCCD), has joined the

Central Valley Higher Education Consortium core team as a consultant leading the development of a “Dual Enrollment Guide/Playbook of Best Practices” for Central Valley colleges, especially those serving students in rural areas.

Dr. Benjamin Duran, CVHEC executive director, recently announced the appointment bringing the former chancellor out of retirement seven months after stepping away from her 30-year career in higher education that also included the presidency of West Hills College-Lemoore (now Lemoore College) and service on the CVHEC board of directors.

Dr. Clark will pair up with Elaine Cash, CVHEC grants coordinator and former superintendent of Riverdale Joint Unified School District who last month was named to co-lead CVHEC’s dual enrollment project.

“We are very fortunate that Dr. Clark was available and willing to join us for this very important project,” Duran said. “Her addition to the powerful CVHEC consulting team comprised of retired higher education and K12 leaders will be a benefit to the entire area.”

This week, Duran leads a CVHEC delegation to the  2025 California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference (Feb. 23-26) in Sacramento by the California Alliance of Dual Enrollment Partnerships, Career Ladders Project, and EdTrust–West.

CVHEC will present its Master’s Upskilling Project and Central Valley Math Bridge Project with College Bridge.

He said the Dual Enrollment Guide/Playbook is one of the priorities that has emerged from the Central Valley Dual Enrollment for Equity and Prosperity Task Force (CVDEEP) that CVHEC formed in 2019 with  representation from the consortium’s 15 community college members in the valley’s 10-county region.

See the full story about Dr. Kristen’s new CVHEC venture in the upcoming March issue of the CVHEC newsletter.

Dr. Clark’s full bio
Elaine Cash bio
“Dual Enrollment in the Central Valley, Working Toward a Unified Approach for Equity and Prosperity.”