Los Angeles Community College District
Sydney K. Kamlager was elected to the Board of Trustees in March of 2015.
She is currently District Director for State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-30). Ms. Kamlager
is responsible for the daily and strategic operations of Sen. Mitchell’s district office,
including legislative and constituent initiatives, communications and programming.
Previously, she was Director of External Affairs for Crystal Stairs, a child care
development agency where she created Community Voices, a parent advocacy
group that trained parent leaders across Los Angeles and raised the visibility of child
care as a critical issue for working families and local economies. She has also served
as Legislative Director at Employer’s Group, a human resource management firm,
and Development Director for Cieluna, an entertainment production company. She
Sydney K. Kamlager began her professional career at the Social and Public Art Resource Center, a local
nonprofit art institution.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Member of the Board
Los Angeles
Community College District
770 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Overall, Ms. Kamlager has spent close to 20 years working in the nonprofit,
entertainment and policy sectors.
She has also taught at California State University, Los Angeles, and has spoken before
local, national and international audiences on education and ECE issues, economic
development, the arts, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, and other issues
that impact society.
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Ms. Kamlager also serves on the Board of Directors for The Unusual Suspects and is a
Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Commission on Children and Families. She
serves on the statewide African-American Outreach Taskforce for Covered California,
the Southern Los Angeles Patient Navigation and Wellness Center Advisory Committee
and is on the Steering Committee for KOREH Los Angeles, a children’s literacy program
at the Jewish Federation of Greater L.A.
The Los Angeles
Community College District
Ms. Kamlager graduated from the University of Southern California and Carnegie
Mellon University.
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She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority Inc., and lives in Crenshaw Manor.
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