Pasadena City College Trustee Linda Wah Elected to the California Community College Trustee Executive Board of Directors

Linda Wah was recently elected to the California Community College Trustee Executive Board of Directors (CCCT). Wah is currently a member on the Board of Trustees for the Pasadena Area Community College District (PACCD) – elected in 2010 to represent the communities of San Marino, South Pasadena and Temple City.

The CCCT is a 21 member Board elected by the governing board members of California’s 72 community college districts. CCCT is involved in taking action on statewide educational policy issues before the BOG, and the Legislature. The PACCD is fortunate to have involved leadership at the CCCT to advocate and engage with state legislators on educational issues affecting our communities . Wah ran on a platform advocating for: K-12/CCC Partnerships, Adequate Educational Funding and Linking Experiential Learning

In this position and as a member of the PACCD she is focused on:

Keeping Community College Accessible & Affordable; Increasing Student Success and Completion; Continuing Sound Fiscal Policies; Linking Workforce Experience to Academic Learning

Biography

Wah currently serves as the Pasadena City College (PCC) Trustee for Area 5 (San Marino, South Pasadena and Temple City). She was appointed in September of 2010, and has been meeting with the schools and community to ensure that PCC is poised to serve the needs of the Area 5 communities. Quality education has long been a high priority to these communities and it is her personal priority as well.

She has strived to bring her 27 years of experience as an information technology manager in Los Angeles to benefit the PCC community. Wah believes that technology serves students in their goals, and prepares them to compete in a globalized marketplace, but also be utilized to increase organizational efficiency and to improve service delivery to the public.

With over 30 years’ experience on various community boards, including the National Organization for Women, CSULA Alumni Board, CSULA Charter College of Education, the Chinese American Museum, and Pasadena’s Women@Work, she has worked toward fair employment and fair pay issues for women in the workplace, and awareness of Asian Pacific Islander community issues, and educational improvements.

Wah has two degrees from CSULA: a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems and a master’s degree in Management Information Systems, while working full-time and raising a family. Both of Linda’s children attended PCC.