System Support

• In response to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, launched the Campaign for Relief and Recovery, a multi channel campaign with giving strategies for individuals, grantmakers and funders, corporate partners, vendors, and consultants, and distributed nearly $1 million in emergency financial aid to 800 students

• Partnered with 108 corporate vendors and industry leaders to realize over $110 million in contract volume and $74 million in cost savings to students, faculty, staff, and all 116 colleges through CollegeBuys

• Reinforced the system’s response to COVID-19 and transition to virtual through the delivery and distribution of over 5,000 California Connects internet hotspots and 30,000 Chromebooks, secured the system’s technology supply chain and pricing certainty for COVID-related products, and amended existing agreements to position colleges for cost-recovery under FEMA and the CARES Act

• Consolidated CollegeBuys direct-to-student efforts to create a digital access hub for the California Community Colleges by providing over 16,000 students, faculty and staff discounted technology software and hardware, and supporting the community colleges’ acquisition of essential technology for over 35,000 students during COVID-19

• Through CollegeBuys, raised $300,000 of corporate support for ongoing professional development, program awareness, and system support

• Launched an incubation unit to better support early-stage implementation of new services of new projects poised to make a significant impact or improvement for students and colleges

• Brought professional development to scale across the system by supporting the Chancellor’s Office, the Success Center, and Foundation internal programs in hosting 33 in-person and 25 virtual conferences and events

• Pivoted efforts to rethink the traditional delivery of in-person conferences and events to virtual and hybrid in the wake of COVID-19, and adjusted communication efforts and materials to digital outreach campaigns for programs including CalFresh and the Census Outreach Project

• Provided communications and marketing support for a portfolio of educational technology tools designed to help students apply, matriculate, and achieve their goals through the California Community Colleges

• Through the California Community Colleges Scholarship Endowment, established by a generous lead gift from The Bernard Osher Foundation, distributed $3.8 million in student scholarships this fiscal year, bringing the total distributed to $34.2 million since FY2010

• Worked in collaboration with the Network of California Community College Foundations to change Title V regulations governing auxiliary reimbursements in order to align with the Vision for Success and alleviate undue burden on small foundations

• Onboarded two new mission-aligned Collaborative Impact Partners, Early Care and Education Pathways to Success (ECEPTS) and the state Cradle to Career Database Project, and provided fiscal sponsorship and management services to ensure each program’s ability to incubate, scale, and sustain solutions to California’s opportunities and challenges

• Developed and piloted the California AfterSchool Network Quality Assessment Tool which aligns with California Quality Standards and assists with the planning and quality assessment of expanded learning programs statewide in order to increase access to high-quality out-of-school time programs that support success for all children and youth.  

• Remediated and brought 25 websites into ADA compliance on behalf of the Chancellor’s Office and several system campaigns, Collaborative Impact Partners, and internal programs

• Implemented enhancements to FUSION, a web-based facilities management application of approximately 89 million square feet of college facilities, which included the development of new training modules for colleges aligned to the Vision for Success

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