foundation
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a n n u a l
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Cabrillo College
ACE Expands
Nationally
R
obbie DeMarco, 45, thinks of the
Cabrillo College Academy for College Excellence, a program formerly
known as Digital Bridge Academy, as being
a kind of educational defibrillator.
“I was totally dead in school,” he says, recalling how he struggled for many years with
an addiction, homelessness, and a series
of odd jobs before
landing in the ACE
office and hearing a
program graduate talk
about how he could
succeed in college.
“ACE kind of revived
me in a way. It revived my heart.”
DeMarco’s personal story of transformation and confidence in his ability to achieve
his dreams is indicative of the unique journey
provided by the groundbreaking ACE curriculum aimed at under-prepared students who
are not typically encouraged to aim for college.
The program has been receiving growing
acclaim, and this year the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and the William & Flora Hewlett
Foundation pledged more than $3.6 million
to support its replication at three additional
California community colleges and one outof-state community college. The grants will
allow ACE curriculum to reach 1,440 students
and further plans to create the program at
colleges nationwide. Funding also supports
a five-year longitudinal study measuring the
program’s continued impact.
(Continued on page 3 )
1 Cabrillo College Foundation
is Top Fundraiser in California
2009-2010 Donations Top $5.4 Million
I
n an unprecedented show of support for Cabrillo College students
and educational programs, more than 4,700 donors contributed to a
record-setting year of fundraising for the Cabrillo College Foundation.
“The generosity of donors that allows us to bridge financial obstacles for thousands of students has always been a bright spot at Cabrillo College, but this last
year especially, we saw what a community can do together in hard times,” said
(Continued on page 4 )
Barbara Samper and her family
2 Cabrillo College Foundation Board of Directors
(first row) Diane Craddock, Brigid Simpkins, Claire Biancalana, Renée Kilmer, Claudine Wildman. (second row) Ed Banks, Ofelia Garcia, Rachael Spencer, Victoria Lewis, Dennis Bailey-Fougnier, Frank Minuti, Jean Tschohl Quinn. (third row) Brian King, Carol Schmidt, Pegi Ard, Melinda Silverstein. (fourth row) Erik Johnson, Blaine Brokaw, Steve Snodgrass, David Heald and Pamela Santacroce. Not pictured: Michael Allard, Mary Blanchard, Jess Brown, Richard Crocker, Greg Evans, Ramon Gomez, Janet Heien, Steve John, Michael Machado, Manuel Osorio, Carol Palacios, Norman Schwartz, Gary Reece, and Rachel Wedeen.
$5,467,580 raised to support students and programs at Cabrillo College
2009-2010
Foundation Achievements
l
The most raised by the Cabrillo College Foundation and by any $5,468,031
raised
to support
students
and programs at Cabrillo College
California
Community
College
in 2009-10
The most
bycontributed
the Cabrilloand
College
Foundation
and $50
by any 4,711raised
donors
the median
gift was
California Community College in 2009-10
$13 million endowment, providing permanent funding for l 4,711scholarships
donors contributed
and the
median gift was $50
and student
support
l
$13 million
endowment,
providing
permanent
funding for $305,307
in scholarship
funds to
845 students
scholarships and student support
l
l
$305,307 in scholarship funds to 845 students
Executive Message
“These students keep you motivated when they talk about the difference you’ve made in their lives; they’re struggling very hard to get a college degree so they can be there for their families as well.” — David Heald, Foundation Board President
I
David Heald, Cabrillo College Foundation Board President,
Melinda Silverstein, Executive Director, and Brian King,
Cabrillo College President
t has been a banner year of giving. Particularly now, at a time of
widespread cutbacks in education, it has been extraordinary to see
how people in the community have
stepped up to support Cabrillo students in need.
“Some of these students come from
some of the most unfortunate circumstances and yet they have esteem and
energy to move ahead,” said David
Heald, Cabrillo College Foundation
Board President. “They know that with
education, this is the bridge that’s going to get them out from their present
situation and they’re so appreciative
and grateful that somebody actually
took an interest in them.”
In this year’s Annual Report, we
have the pleasure to introduce some of
our inspiring students, including Robbie DeMarco, an ACE student preparing
to transfer to a four year university,
Patricia Garcia who hopes to care for
young children, and Zhilian Liu, who
emigrated from China and wants to
study medicine.
“During some of the worst of times,
we come together to see what we
can do to overcome challenges in our
community,” Heald said. “We can be
there to make a difference. People have
been the most generous and the most
giving. Thank you for your continued
support in these times when individuals need it the most.”
(ACE, continued from cover)
“ACE provides a place for students to
become the people they never knew they
could be,” said Diego Navarro, ACE founding director. Navarro envisions developing a national model for the recruitment,
preparation, retention, and acceleration of
unprepared community college students.
Rather than focusing on traditional remedial coursework, ACE student cohorts are
shepherded through a series of intensive
courses developed from graduate and corporate management programs that help
them find their best learning methods,
understand team development, accelerate study skills, and apply them in regular
college-level courses. Since its founding in
2002, the ACE program has transitioned
more than 675 at-risk students into Cabrillo College’s regular college courses.
Students have also participated in ACE
Gates Hewlett Leadership Team: (first row) Melinda Silverstein, Suzanne Walsh (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation),
Diego Navarro, Renée Kilmer, Victoria Lewis, Jim Knickerbocker. (second row) Brian King, Jim Weckler, Denis Udall (Hewlett
Foundation), Wanda Garner and Rock Pfotenhauer. Not pictured: Dennis Bailey-Fougnier and Craig Hayward.
cohorts at Hartnell, Las Positas, and Berkeley City colleges.
“One day I thought, maybe I could
make it,” DeMarco said. “The ACE foundation course helped me look at myself in
a totally different way. Sometimes you
have to go through something to know
there is going to be something different.”
DeMarco plans to finish his general education and earn a two-year degree in Human
Services at Cabrillo, then transfer to CSU
Monterey Bay to earn a bachelor’s degree.
He placed first in this year’s Martin Luther
King, Jr. Essay Contest.
3 Cabrillo Foundation is Top Fundraiser in CA
(continued from cover)
4 Brian King, Cabrillo College President.
“The gifts will have a lasting and farreaching impact.”
The 2009-2010 fiscal year generated
$5,468,031 from 4,711 donors. It is the
highest amount raised last year by any of
the 112 community colleges in California.
For Juan Salcedo, who labored last
year over the arduous task of mastering differential
equations, and
for Daniel Ennamorato, who
baked sweet
cinnamon buns
and learned the
craft of blowing
melted sugar
into decorative
forms, generous
scholarships have helped ease the financial burden of full-time college.
Salcedo, 21, who emigrated from Cali,
Columbia five years ago to study and live
with his father in Watsonville, received
the DeAnne & Richard Hart Engineering Endowed Scholarship. In the fall, he
transferred to San Jose State University to
study industrial engineering and business
management.
Ennamorato, 23, a Cabrillo College Culinary Arts program student, is the recipient
of the first Jules
& Jeanne Thiebaut Memorial
Endowed Scholarship, created
by Julie Thiebaut in honor
of her parents.
The scholarship
is one of several
generous gifts generated as part of the
50th Anniversary Scholarship campaign, an
extraordinary effort, raising $1,452,406 in
endowed scholarship funds.
Together with new matching funds
from Title V, a $2.5 million, five-year funding initiative from the Department of
Education to provide additional academic
“We know that these are challenging economic times. Still, the people of our area responded to give more young people a chance to continue with their educational endeavors.”
— Bruce McPherson, 50th Scholarship Committee Co-chair
support to traditionally under-served
populations, the new scholarship endowments will have a long-lasting effect on
students at Cabrillo College.
“The 50th Anniversary Scholarships
Campaign was such a success,” said Rachael
Spencer, who
co-chaired
the fundraising committee with Bruce
McPherson.
“It’s so wonderful that the
community
understands
the need for these kinds of scholarships.”
The response has been phenomenal,
McPherson agreed. “We know that these
are challenging economic times. Still,
the people of our area responded to give
more young people a chance to continue
with their educational endeavors. Over the
years, the staff and classified employees
of Cabrillo College have made it what it is
and they should feel very good about that.”
Over $300,000 is still available in Title V
Endowed matching funds at the Cabrillo
College Foundation. Interested donors
may establish an endowed scholarship in
their name, or in memory or in honor of a
loved one, with the minimum gift amount
of $7,500 for a new scholarship endowment or $5,000 for an existing scholarship
endowment. Title V matching funds are
available on a first-come-first-served basis
until September 1, 2014 or until all of the
funds have been accessed. Gifts may be
pledged over a period of two to four years.
50th Anniversary Scholarship Committee: Rich Hart, Mary Solari, Bruce McPherson (co-chair), Jill Wilson, Keith McKenzie,
Julie Thiebaut and Karen Cogswell. Not pictured: Charles Canfield, Ceil Cirillo, Brian King, Rachael Spencer (co-chair).
Scholarships Recipents
“Cabrillo College is helping me make my dreams
come to reality
and reach my
full potential.”
“My husband
and children
say that they
are proud of
me, since I
received the
scholarship it
must mean I
am studying
hard.”
Juan Rivera
Patricia Lopez Garcia
Music/Composition
Early Childhood Education/Social Work
Juan, 19, a Watsonville High School graduate, is studying
film scores and performance. Despite suffering from tinnitus, he
is devoted to a musical career. The Josephine & Bailey Little
Endowed Scholarship helped him buy sheet music, books and
invest in a new acoustic guitar.
Patricia, 33, the mother of four, dreams of being a bilingual
teacher and working with young children. The recipient of
Corinne Schneider Memorial Scholarship, she has learned English and begun her early childhood education classes.
“Without a doubt, these generous donors and the Foundation have helped me succeed, pushed me further in my education and made it possible to pursue my goal of being a
medical doctor.”
Zhilian Liu
“My experience at
Cabrillo College
has opened my
life to wonderful opportunities.
Everyone here is
very encouraging and supportive.
I feel very lucky.”
Emily Nord
Chemistry/Pre-Med
Journalism/Political Science
Zhilian, 23, is the first in his family to attend college. Before
transferring to UC Berkeley this fall, he worked on his general education and focused on chemistry in preparation for
a job in the medical field. The Carolyn & Ira Guthrie Chemistry Endowed Scholarship and the Bud & Catherine Lenox
Memorial Endowed Scholarship helped him buy textbooks
and a new computer.
Emily, 22, who served as both president of the Alpha Gamma
Sigma honors organization as well as the editor in chief of The
Voice, the Cabrillo newspaper, transferred to UC Santa Barbara
this fall. She is the recipient of the Carl & Jacqueline Conelly
Endowed Scholarship, the J. Arthur & Iris Rodgers Endowed
Scholarship and the Claire Biancalana Endowed Scholarship.
5 President’s Circle Benefits from
Banner Fundraising Year
New Chairperson Ceil Cirillo Hopes to Attract Next Generation Donors
I
t was a record-setting year of fun
and fundraising for the President’s
Circle Committee, which under the
direction of 2009-2010 Chairperson
Ed Banks, managed to raise $218, 423,
enabling the foundation to boost student
6 “The President’s Circle has a
number of long-time supporters
who have been critical to the success
of the Foundation,” said Ceil Cirillo,
incoming President’s Circle Chair.
This year, Cirillo hopes to broaden
the membership beyond
Brian King and Ceil Cirillo
its traditional
“We are fortunate to have such a base. “I am starting Evans) and receive invitations to all Presigenerous community who care deeply to develop a list of dent’s Circle events. Donors who give
prospective mem- $5,000 or more are invited to attend an
about Cabrillo students. President’s bers that are the intimate Winemaker’s Dinner featuring
Circle members are part of the Cabrillo next generation specialties served by Cabrillo Culinary
of folks who have students. Donors of $2,500 or more are
‘family’ that plays an important role benefitted directly invited to a seafood feast at the home of
or indirectly from President’s Circle members John and Linda
in the success of the foundation, the Cabrillo’s presence Burroughs. Donors of $1,000 or more are
college, and our students.” here in the county.” invited to President Brian King’s Holiday
D o n o r s w h o Party, the President’s Circle reception
— Brian King, Cabrillo College President
give $10,000 or and Cabrillo Stage musical, and a hismore get to serve torical tour led by popular historian and
scholarships and provide support for in- as College President for a Day with Brian emeritus faculty Sandy Lydon. Members
novative student programs. Twenty-three King and enjoy a weekend golf and spa also enjoy several campus perks and are
new members joined 140 returning mem- retreat including dinner and a two-night recognized on the Sesnon House Presibers to enjoy the year of special events and stay at the exclusive Teháma Golf Club dent’s Circle plaque and in the Foundation
support the cause. (see page 8)
in Carmel (donated by Greg and Mickey Annual Report.
President’s Circle
Committee: (first row)
Fred McPherson, Ceil Cirillo,
Jess Brown. (second row)
Ed Banks, Robin Sirakides,
Kirk Schmidt, Theo
Wierdsma (third row) Peter
Prindle, Jim Weisenstein,
Ted Burke, Brian Herman,
Bud Rice, Wally Dale.
(fourth row) Brian King,
Rowland Rebele, Blaine
Brokaw, Keith McKenzie.
Not pictured: Mike Allard,
Jane Arcangeli, Mary
Blanchard, Connie Brokaw,
John and Linda Burroughs,
Charles Canfield, Lee
Duffus, Greg and Mickey
Evans, Rocky Franich, Hal
Hyde, Steve John, Kurt
Kniffin, Gary Reece, Barry
Siegel, Rachael Spencer
and Rachel Wedeen.
Cabrillo College Foundation President’s Circle Members 2009 - 2010
Annual Members
$5,000+
Jane & Carlos Arcangeli
Greg & Mickey Evans
Gardner Grout Foundation
Randy & Janet Krassow
Esther & Gerry Levandoski
Steve & Gail Snodgrass
Mary Solari
Dorothy Wise
$2,500+
Claire Biancalana & Bill Kelsay
Harry & Mary Blanchard
Lupe & William Burgstrom
Diane Craddock & David Hogye
Jean & Edwin Halbach
Erik & Judy Johnson
Kurt Kniffin &
Ronda Williams-Kniffin
Josie Little
James & Dorothy Miller
Porter Sesnon Foundation
Jean & Michael Quinn
J. Miles & Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation
Elio & Joy Rodoni
Edith Waters
$1,000+
Phillip & Robin Adkins
Janet & Walter Alexander
Toby & Michael Alexander
Mike & Kalena Allard
Kit Anderton
Pegi & Tom Ard
Nancy Austin & Bill Cawley
Edward & Kathleen Banks
William & Patricia Barton
Paul & Carol Berman
John & Gina Biondi
Carrie & Eric Birkhofer
Lindy & Robert Bixby
Bowman & Williams
Jack Bradley & Cathy
Richards-Bradley
Blaine & Connie Brokaw
John & Sydney Brokaw
Jess & Laura Brown
Priscilla Brown
George & Mary Elizabeth Bunch
Ted Burke & Bob Munsey
John & Linda Burroughs
Marilyn & Andrew Calciano
Barbara Canfield
Charles Canfield
Kate & Fred Chen
Ceil Cirillo
Sara Clarenbach
Joanne Clever
Bill & Cloy Codiga
Karen Cogswell
Susan Cony
Don & Diane Cooley
Chris & Marda Cottle
Richard & Theresa Crocker
Bob & Sharon Culbertson
Bud & Martina Cummings
Wally Dale
Doug & Diane Deaver
Jill & Dan Dion
Dwayne & Linda Downing
Lee & Emily Duffus
Jennifer & Gary Edwards
Charles & Sandra Eldridge
Jack & Iris Farr
Ronald & Pamela Fields
Michele Finch
Finkelman Family Charitable
Foundation
Richard Fontana
Mahlon & Joel-Ann Foote
Donald & April Foster
Rocky & Judy Franich
Mabel French
Scott & Margaret French
Eugene & Shirley Friend
George & Nancy Gallucci
Mary Gaukel & Les Forster
Geo. H. Wilson, Inc.
Ramón & Juana Gomez
Nancy Gregg
Jerry & Joan Griffiths
William & Neva Hansen
Stephanie & Jack Harkness
David & Jacqueline Heald
Janet Heien
Don & Nanette Henneuse
Donald & Diana Henrichsen
Brian & Patti Herman
Bette & Joseph Hirsch
Carolyn Hyatt
Harold & Dorothy Hyde
Kent & Marie Imai
Founding President Robert E. Swenson’s Lifetime Supporters
Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin
Mark and Barbara Beck
California Wellness Foundation
Don and Diane Cooley
Richard and Theresa Crocker
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Dominican Hospital
Granite Construction
Graniterock
Gerald and Joan Griffiths
Grove Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Harold and Dorothy Hyde
James Irvine Foundation
Robert & Marty Ingram
Ronald & Linda Israel
Mary James & George Cook
Joni Janecki
Don & Charlotte Jensen
Steve & Lesa John
Harland & Therese Johnson
Ton & Thelma Jue
John & Yolanda Kane
Dean & Frances Kashino
Paula Kenyon & Peter Koronakos
Trisha & Brandon Kett
Renée Kilmer
Brian & Cristina King
Ted Kirkiles
Kitchell
Agata Konopka & Flavio Cheng
Matthew & Shawn Koue
Karen & Charles Leigh-Wood
Norm & Mary Kate Lezin
Michael & Nancy Machado
Joseph & Jean Marvin
Rose Ann Mazzone & John Eicholz
Mike & Bertie McElroy
Keith & Della McKenzie
Paul Meltzer
Karl & Joan Mertz
Mark Mesiti-Miller
Tom & Susana Meuldijk
Frank & Kate Miller
Robert Millslagle
Frank Minuti, Jr.
Karen & Bill Moncovich
Amy Newell
Garrett & Ruth Nichols
Linda & Bruce Nicholson
Harvey & Judy Nickelson
Fane & Corie Opperman
Gayle & Joseph Ortiz
Earleen Overend & Wayne Palmer
Helen Palmer
Rock Pfotenhauer and Linda Wilshusen
Rita & Peter Prindle
Richard & Alyce Prudden
Rowland & Pat Rebele
Cynthia & Burt Rees
David & Lynn Regan
Bud Rice & Robbie Dunton
Joy & Rich Rohde
Nello & Pamela Santacroce
Kirk & Carol Schmidt
Norman Schwartz and
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Robert & Barbara Scott
Mark & Laurie Scurich
Melinda & Thomas Silverstein
Diane Simpson
Robin & Greg Sirakides
Rachael Spencer & Kevin Rooney
Steve & Carol Spragens
Julie Thiebaut
James and Deborah Thoits
Alvin Tosta
Keith and Cindy Waddell
Rachel Wedeen
James and Carol Weisenstein
Alan and Patricia Werba
Theo and Julie Wierdsma
Stan and Joan Williams
James and Sue Wilson
Max Wilson
Stanley and Lois Wolfberg
Bruce and Rose Ann Woolpert
*Donors who gave $100,000 cumulatively during Robert E. Swenson’s life (1918-2007)
Jeane Ley
Josie Little
Fred and Linda McPherson
George Ow and Gail Michaelis-Ow
Porter Sesnon Foundation
Rowland and Pat Rebele
Iris Rodgers
S. D. Trombetta Foundation
Barbara Samper
Erica Schilling
Elinor Shaffer
Paul and Pat Shirley
Bill and Brigid Simpkins
Phyllis Simpkins
Mary Solari
Rachael Spencer and Kevin Rooney
Union Bank of California
Walter S. Johnson Foundation
James and Karen Watson
Wells Fargo Foundation
7 President’s Circle Special Events 2010
Wayne Palmer and Earleen Overend, Fred and Linda McPherson
Mickey and Greg Evans, Ed and Kathleen Banks
Greg and Mickey Evans
host a dinner party and
Cabrillo Stage’s Inaugural Winter Show, Scrooge
Major donors were treated
to a delicious, family-style
dinner at the Sesnon House,
accompanied by beautiful
and festive piano music by
President’s Circle member
and Foundation Board Member Jean Quinn.
8 Dick and Theresa Crocker, Julie and Bob Montague
Diane Cooley, Julie Montague, Theresa Crocker and Jean Quinn
Cabrillo College Emeritus Faculty
Sandy Lydon took 100 President’s Circle
donors for a stormy historical tour of Santa
Cruz County’s Roadside Attractions. Sandy
and President’s Circle members braved the
weather for an adventure to the Mystery
Spot, Roaring Camp, and to see remnants
of Santa’s Village, Lost World, and the Tree
Circus. The day concluded with a personal
historical presentation of the Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk with Charles Canfield,
Ken Whiting, and Sandy Lydon.
Sandy Lydon, Ken Whiting, Charles Canfield
Winemaker’s Dinner High-level President’s Circle donors were invited to an
intimate gourmet meal, showcasing an
array of award winning wines handcrafted
by Vine Hill Winery and served with a
special pairing menu created by Cabrillo’s
Culinary Arts students. Many of the lettuces and herbs used in the dinner dishes
were grown and harvested by the Cabrillo
College Horticulture class. Winemaker Sal
Godinez, winery owners Nick and Celeste
Guerrero and Cabrillo students described
each wine and food pairing.
(first row) Pat Rebele, Barbara Samper, Josie Little, Mary Blanchard, Bill and Lupe Burgstrom.
(back row) Rowland Rebele and Harry Blanchard.
Coming Events
Faculty Grants for Student Success Reception
November 18, 2010
President’s Holiday Party
Friday, December 3, 2010
David Hogye and Diane Craddock
Cabrillo Advancement Program (CAP) Awards Ceremony
Greg and Mickey Evans
March 24, 2011
Esther and Gerry Levandoski
September 23, 2011
Exclusive Events for President’s Circle Members
Harry and Mary Blanchard and Josie Little
Women’s Educational Success Luncheon
Mary Solari and Bill and Cloy Codiga
Weekend golf and spa
retreat at the exclusive
Teháma Golf Club in
Carmel hosted by Greg and Mickey Evans
9 $10,000+ Members
Spring 2011
Winemaker’s Dinner created and served by Cabrillo Culinary students at the Sesnon House
Michael and Jean Quinn
$5,000+ Members
May 2011
Louisana Style Seafood Feast at the home of
John & Linda Burroughs
$2,500+ Members
Spring 2011
Hal and Dottie Hyde, Lupe and Bill Burgstrom
Jane and Carlos Arcangeli
A Historical Tour led by Sandy Lydon
Janet and Randy Krassow
$1,000+ Members
Spring 2011
Reception and Cabrillo Stage Musical
$1,000+ Members
July 2011
Steve and Gail Snodgrass
Brian and Patti Herman
Bill Cawley and Nancy Austin Matthew and Shawn Koue Cabrillo College Foundation 2009 Donors
Guardians $25,000+
Premier $2,500,000+
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
10 Hallmark $900,000+
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Legacy $100,000+
Charles A. Blakely
The Grove Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Mary Solari
Borina Foundation
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital
James Irvine Foundation
Ow Family Properties
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Santa Cruz Medical Foundation
SD Trombetta Foundation
Wallis Foundation
Partners $10,000+
American Association of University Women - Watsonville
The Peggy & Jack Baskin Foundation
Morris Cowen Trust
John & Jeanette Hughes
Paul Hunter
Ted Kirkiles
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce MacDonald
MetLife Foundation
Lucille Mills
John F. Morgan
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Service League Volunteers
Bill & Brigid Simpkins
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz
System Studies Incorporated
Julie Thiebaut
Universal Audio
Wells Fargo
*Deceased donors are italicized
Mary Solari and Ginny Mazry Solari LeeAnn Sonke and Rachel Wedeen Sara Clarenbach and Rebecca Connolly Linda and Bruce Nicholson Kirk and Carol Schmidt Phillip and Robin Adkins
Leaders $5,000+
Anonymous • William & Lupe Burgstrom • Ceil Cirillo • Driscoll’s • Merritt S. Duncan Trust • Greg & Mickey Evans • Finkelman Family Foundation
• Foundation for California Community Colleges • Gardner Grout Foundation • Brian & Patti Herman • David & Abigail Kaun • Carolyn Killefer
• Randy & Janet Krassow • Nancy Lenox • Josie Little • Fred & Linda McPherson • Jeff Newhouse • Todd Robinson • Bruce & Phyllis Rosenblum •
Rotary Club of Santa Cruz • The Sharanam Foundation • Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County • Rachel Wedeen
Directors $2,500+
American Association of University Women - Santa Cruz • Associated Students of Cabrillo College Student Senate • Bay Federal Credit Union
• Claire Biancalana & William Kelsay • Harry & Mary Blanchard • Calif. Retired Teacher Assoc. • Lee & Nell Cliff • Diane Craddock & David Hogye
• Margaret O. DeSylvester Foundation • Edwin & Jean Halbach • Roger Janow • Erik & Judy Johnson • Kurt Kniffin & Ronda Williams-Kniffin •
William & Terry Locke-Paddon • Gary & Kristi Manfre • George & Jean Mealey • Tom & Susana Meuldijk • James & Dorothy Miller • Ocean Honda
• Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust • Helen Palmer • Michael & Jean Quinn • Mary Ratcliff • Grant & Pamela Ring • Elio & Joy Rodoni • Stephen & Gail Snodgrass • Soroptimist Int’l of Santa Cruz • Rachael Spencer & Kevin Rooney • Tides Foundation • Rae Victor • Edith Waters •
Theo & Julie Wierdsma • Dorothy Wise • Rene Wood & H. Dennis Sears
11 Patrons $1,000+
ACEC-CA, Monterey Bay Area Chapter • Phillip & Robin Adkins • Michael Alden • Michael & Toby Alexander • Walter & Janet Alexander • Mike & Kalena Allard • American Public Works Association - Monterey Bay Chapter • Kit Anderton • Carlos & Jane Arcangeli • Tom & Pegi Ard •
Association of Chief Business Officials • Edward & Kathleen Banks • William & Patricia Barton • Michele Bassi • Jana Baumann & Ed Richardson
• Janet Bell • Paul & Carol Berman • BioLink Depot of City College • Lindy & Robert Bixby • Ted & Carol Bockman • William Brenchley • Blaine &
Connie Brokaw • John & Sydney Brokaw • Donald & Nancy Brown • Priscilla Brown • Richard Buchanan • Ted Burke • John & Linda Burroughs •
Drew & Marilyn Calciano • Barbara Canfield • Charles Canfield • Cherri Canfield • Frederick & Kate Chen • David & Penny Chesluk • Sara Clarenbach • Bill & Cloy Codiga • Karen Cogswell • Susan Cony • Diane & Donald Cooley • Christopher & Marda Cottle • Kathryn Cowan & Paul Shephard • Richard & Theresa Crocker • Bob & Sharon Culbertson • Bud & Martina Cummings • Wallace Dale • Betty Danner • John
Davidson • Doug & Diane Deaver • Dwayne & Linda Downing • Lee & Emily Duffus • George & Cheryl Dymesich • Jennifer & Gary Edwards •
Charles & Sandra Eldridge • Jack & Iris Farr • Michele Finch • Fine Dried Foods Intl, Inc. • First National Bank of Central California • Richard Fontana • Mahlon & Joel-Ann Foote • Donald & April Foster • Rocky & Judy Franich • Mabel French • Scott & Margaret French • George & Nancy
Gallucci • Jim & Lynda Gentry • Geo. H. Wilson, Inc. • Nancy Gregg • Edward Grochowski • Ken Haber • Stephanie & Jack Harkness • Richard &
De Anne Hart • David & Jacqueline Heald • Janet Heien • Don & Nanette Henneuse • Donald & Diana Henrichsen • Joseph & Bette Hirsch •
David & Katharine Hopkins • Mary Hopkins • Michael & Linda Hopper • Carolyn Hyatt • Harold & Dorothy Hyde • Kent & Marie Imai • Ronald &
Linda Israel • Mary James & George Cook • Joni Janecki • Charlotte & Donald Jensen • Ton & Thelma Jue • John & Yolanda Kane • Frances &
Dean Kashino • Paula Kenyon & Peter Koronakos • Trisha & Brandon Kett • Renée Kilmer • Brian & Cristina King • Kitchell • Agata Konopka &
Flavio Cheng • Matthew & Shawn Koue • Grace Laurencin • Brian & Sally Legakis • Charles & Karen Leigh-Wood • Robley Levy • Michael &
Nancy Machado • Nancy & Michael Machado • Benned & Ludmila Madison • Marconi Civic Club • Joseph & Jean Marvin • Mike & Bertie
McElroy • Keith & Della McKenzie • Bruce & Mary McPherson • Paul Meltzer • Karl & Joan Mertz • Mark Mesiti-Miller • Frank & Kate Miller •
Robert Millslagle • Marc Monte • Monterey County Resource Management Agency-Public Works Dept • Moreno Petroleum Co. • Margaret
Murray • Ned & Helen Nemacheck • Amy Newell • Garrett & Ruth Nichols • Bruce & Linda Nicholson • Harvey & Judy Nickelson • Fane & Corie
Opperman • Dale O’Rourke • Joseph & Gayle Ortiz • Earleen Overend & Wayne Palmer • P.E.O. Sisterhood/P.H. Chapter • Annah Beth Peterson
Diane and Donald Henrichsen Pegi and Tom Ard Carolyn Hyatt and Dave Heltman
Nancy Phelps and Julie Thiebaut
Gayle and Joseph Ortiz
Steve and Carol Spragens
• Rock Pfotenhauer & Linda Wilshusen • Peter & Rita Prindle • Richard & Alyce Prudden • Christine Quinn • R. F. Monte Foundation • Rowland &
Patricia Rebele • Redtree Properties, L.P. • Burton & Cynthia Rees • David & Lynn Regan • The Miles & Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation • Albert
Rice & Robbie Dunton • Cathy Richards-Bradley & Jack Bradley • Heather Richman • Iris Rodgers • Joy & Rich Rohde • Rotary Club of Capitola/
Aptos • Rotary Club of Watsonville • Robert & Joanne Rudolph • Santa Cruz Host Lions Foundation • Nello & Pamela Santacroce • Thomas &
Brenda Schmida • Carol & Kirk Schmidt • Norman Schwartz & Mary Ellen Sullivan • Mark & Laurie Scurich • Tisha & Bill Scurich • Melinda &
Thomas Silverstein • Diane Simpson • Robin & Greg Sirakides • Louisa & Al Smith • Specialty Garden Supply • John & Vicki Stanley • Ellen Stuck
• Succulent Gardens - The Growing Grounds • Robert and Fran Swenson • James & Deborah Thoits • Al Tosta • Judy & Jim Warner • Watsonville
Woman’s Club Foundation • Richard & Diane Watters • James & Carol Weisenstein • Alan & Patricia Werba • Lela & Don Willet • James & Sue
Wilson • Max Wilson • Patricia Wolf • Stanley & Lois Wolfberg • Bruce & Rose Ann Woolpert
Associates $500+
12 Martha Ainsworth • John & Betty Ann Altman • John & Cheryl Anderson • Annieglass, Inc. • Pattie Blade • Tom & Catherine Boardman • Debbie Bulger & Richard Stover • California Society of Professional Engineers • Morgan Chivers • Clint Miller Farms • Deborah Cottingham •
Lauren Crux • Dasher Technologies, Inc. • Erik’s Deli Cafe • Terri Fette • G. Gerald & Mildred FitzGerald • G. Hartzell & Son • John & Tery Gargiulo •
Carol George • Jeff Gerard • Michael & Elizabeth Germain • Jane Godley • Graniterock • Kate Gustavson • Joseph & Edyth Henderson • Sheldon
Hertz • John Hofacre • Tim & Pamela Humphreys • Ifland Engineers, Inc. • David & Shoshana Jonas • Charlotte Kim Meisel • Catherine Larrick •
Robert & Marty Martin • Elenita Mathew • Rachel Mayo & Emilio Alvarado • Karen McCarty • Ray McCawley • Michael McCormick • Linda Melton
• Edward & Debra Menges • Melody Mills • Monterey Bay Iris Society • Monterey Bay Master Gardeners • Kenneth & Kemset Moore • Donald &
Ida Mungai • National TTT Society, CA Chapter M • Debra Niemira • Pacific Capital Bank • Palace Art & Office Supply • Alan Pedlar • Personalized
Tax Service • Ignatius Piazza & Jennifer Mueller-Piazza • Jettieve Plaskett • Rick & Robin Polse • Donald Richards • Laurie Rivin & John Hamstra
• Susan Rocha • Jeffrey & Debbie Roisman • Ronald Rollins • K. Craig Rowell & Corinda Ray • Santa Cruz County Auditor-Controller • Santa Cruz
County Bank • Patricia Sapone • Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists • Howard & Susan Schwartz •
Topsy Smalley • Steven & Kristin Smith • Robert & Mary Squire • St. John the Baptist Church Helpful Shop • Surfrider Foundation • Kent Thompson • Stephen R. Tripp • Natasha Truong • Sam & Lori Tuohey • Vibeke Van Der Hude • Grady & Marla VanCleve • Audrey Riker Vizzard • Watsonville Coast Produce, Inc. • Mark & Jill Wilhelm • William J Codiga Family Foundation
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Jamie Abbott • Sami Abed • Robert Abernathy • Andrea Ackerman • Marty Ackerman • Eva Acosta & Sesario Escoto • Anne Adams • Thomas &
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Allen • Vince Allen • Lisa Allyn • Dan & Lynne Alper • Elizabeth Alpert • Ariba Alston-Williams & Anthony Williams • Ronald Alves & Ursula
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Ashton • Robert & Joyce Asmussen • Yumiko Aso & Joseph Smyth • Rodney & Mary Atchison • Barbara & Bob Auer • Douglas & Jo Ann Austin •
Mahlon and Joel-Ann Foote
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• Michael Bellew • Shirley & Dennis Beltram • Dena Belzer • Nannette Benedict & Jeff Bernhardt • George Bergna • Rhonda Berka • Colleen
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Dwayne and Linda Downing
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• Laurie & Jerod Goldstein • Socrates & Ramona Gonis • Elizabeth Gonzales • J. Jesus & Lorena Gonzalez • Howard & Reka Goode • Rachel
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• Dwight & Laureen Herr • Elise Herrera & John Mahoney • Mira Hess & Tim Beckman • Wendy Hess & Lucas Grams • Walter & Joy Hickey •
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& Jocelyn Hittle • Barbara Hobbs & Lewis Rubin • Lisa & Chad Hoesing • Linda Hoff • Laura Hofmeister • Dean & Suzanne Hogan • Alan & Denise
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& Donna Huntsman • Marilyn Hyde • Rosemarie Imazio • Richard Innerst • Intel Foundation • Akimi & Nellie Irino • Paolo Iuliano • Michele Ivaldi
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Laura and Jess Brown
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• Wendy & Christopher Miller • Katharine Minott • Hilary Minugh • Mills Miracle & Sephy Flores • Don & Toni Moccia • Wendy Molin • Charles
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Rachael Spencer, Mary Blanchard, Erik and Judy Johnson
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Apolonio Ramirez • Elisa Ramirez • Mark Ramsey • Thomas Ramsey • Robert Rank • Morgan Rankin • Tom Rath • Anne Ratto • Anne Ray • Mickey
& Elaine Rebecchi • Lela Rebore • Red Roof Inn Watsonville • Michael & Virginia Redmon • Redwood Non Violence Community • Christopher
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Slater • Jeffrey Smedberg • Ann Smeltzer • Michael & Patricia Smith • Richard & Joyce Smith • Sharon Sneddon • John & Joell Snetsinger •
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Brigid and Bill Simpkins foundation
FOUNDATION
Board of Directors
2010-2011
President
David Heald
Della and Keith McKenzie and Lee and Emily Duffus
Diane and Don Cooley
Vice President
Rachel Wedeen
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Dorn • Francine & Mark Van Meter • Ruth & Jason Van Sciver • Yrma Vasquez • Paul & Kristin Vasser • Carlos
Vazquez • Fabiola Venegas • David & Barbara Venner • Luis Vidal • Radha Vignola • Karen Vincent • Frances
Vitulli • Dee Vogel & Lin Marelik • Steven & Terri Vomvolakis • Thanh Vu & Rosa Tran • Carri Wagner • Cheryl
& Kenneth Wagner • Laura Waldren & R. Lee Fitzsimmons • Aaron Wallman • Timothy & Elizabeth Walsh •
Jerome & Robynn Walters • Michael Walton & Deborah Burns Walton • Scott Walton • Denise Ward •
Donald & Marilyn Ward • Kevin & Cathy Warner • Warren Knox Roofing • Richard & Phyllis Wasserstrom •
Kim & John Wasson • Lynda Watson • Nancy Watson • George & Martha Watson-Jones • Harold & Beverly
Watts • Diana Weatherholt • Christopher Weber • Peter Weber • Karen Webster • Richard & Annette Weed •
Alice Weigel • Stephen Weldon • Geoffrey Wells • Mary Wessling • Jo Westbrook • Canon Western • Ray
Westman • Kanda Whaley • Mark & Tammie Wheeler • Doris White & Tim Price • Matthew & Suzanne White
• Gary Whizin • Thomas & Karen Wichelmann • Robert & Susan Wilbur • Dean Wilcox • Susan & Steven
Wildenberg • Claudine & Charles Wildman • Brad & Linda Wiles • Carol Wilhelmy • Kirby Wilkins • Ernest
Williams & Sandra Benz Williams • Marni Williams • Williams Tree Service, Inc. • Craig Wilson • Craig &
Diane Wilson • Larry Wilson • Mark Wilson • David Winters & Merritt Tucker • W. Todd & Corinne Wipke •
Michel Witzig • Joseph & Bonnie Wolf • Larry Wolfsen & Diane Meyer-Wolfsen • Keith & Cheryl Wolhar •
Georgina Wong • Heidi & Russell Woodmansee • Evelyn Woods • Timothy & Joanne Woods • Carolyn
Woolston • Kathryn Wormuth & Frank Puz • Les & K. Wright • Meredith Wright • Stephen Wright • Harriet
Wrye & James Wheeler • Xiao-Bi Xie & Hourong Song • Willie Yahiro • Ross Yakulis • Hisao & Setsuko
Yamanishi • Regina Yeager • Bradley Yearous • Ronald & Carol Yelton • Michael Young & Carol Libby •
Stephen & Mimi Young • Jan & Margaret Ysselstein • Nick & Shannon Zambole • John & Janice Zappa • Ben Zaricor & Louise Veninga • Karen Zelin & Bill Underwood
Secretary
Edward K. Banks
Chief Financial Officer
Michael W. Machado
Past President
Diane Craddock
Community
Representatives
Michael L. Allard
Pegi Ard
Claire Biancalana
Mary Blanchard
Blaine Brokaw
Jess Brown
Richard L. Crocker
Greg Evans
Ramon Gomez
Janet Heien
Steve John
Erik R. Johnson
Frank Minuti, Jr.
Manuel Osorio
Jean Tschohl Quinn
Pamela Santacroce
Carol Schmidt
Norman Schwartz
Brigid Simpkins
Steve Snodgrass
Rachel Wedeen
17 College Trustee
Representatives
Gary Reece
Rachael A. Spencer
Claudine Wildman
College Staff
Representatives
Brian King
President
*Deceased donors are italicized
Nell and Lee Cliff
Nancy and Michael Machado
Victoria Lewis
Vice President/Administrative Services
Renée M. Kilmer
Vice President/Instruction
Dennis Bailey-Fougnier
Vice President/Student Services
Ofelia Garcia
Faculty Representative
Director Emeritus
Wm. F. Locke-Paddon
Executive Director
Melinda Silverstein
WES Emergency Grants Help Carry
Students Through Challenges
Joan and Gerald Griffiths Provide Matching Funds
18 A
s Kim Ellis contemplates a career
in urban planning, she remembers how hard it was at times
to make ends meet when she was just
starting out on a new career path at Cabrillo College as a single mother of two
children. A $150 emergency grant from
Women’s Educational Success helped carry
her through a difficult financial patch so
she could stay in school full-time and not
postpone plans to transfer to a university.
“It was kind of like the glue that put
things together,” says Ellis, 41, who transferred last year to UC Santa Cruz. The WES
grant gave her an emotional boost as well
as a financial one. “It makes you feel like
you’re living in a better world. It will be
paid forward.”
Peggy Downes Baskin and Rachael
Spencer launched WES in 1997 with 100
members, each contributing $100 to establish an endowment. The fund provides
emergency cash grants of $100-$500 to
help cover unexpected expenses such as
text books, a class uniform, or a bus pass.
Since its inception, 840 grants totaling
$153,018 have been disbursed.
This year, Joan and Gerald Griffiths
are providing matching funds for donations to the WES program of $250 or
more. The couple has also given more
than $16,000 to the WES endowment.
They wanted to make sure students
like Kim have the support they need
to succeed.
“It was hard for me to go back to
school at that age,” says Joan Griffiths,
who landed in the Cabrillo College
Women’s Re-entry Program when she
record amount of grants this year at a time
was in her thirties. “I met so many wonder- when the need has never been greater.”
ful people. At this point in our lives, it is
“It is especially thrilling to increase
really important to give back to that.”
the grant allocation to $30,000 this year, “
Carrie Birkhofer, who worked with Tusinac says. “It helps us assist more
Edda Tusinac as co-chair of the WES Best women in need with small grants to
Friends Committee, says she was “deeply achieve their educational goals.”
honored” to be associated with
the legacy of giving started by
a small group of women who “WES exemplifies the power
had such desire and capacity to
of our community in making a help others. “WES exemplifies
the power of our community
tremendous difference for those in making a tremendous difference for those who happen to
who happen to be in need at a be in need at a particular moparticular moment in time.” ment in time,” she says. “Their
vision and careful planning
— Carrie Birkhofer, WES Committee Co-Chair
has allowed WES to allocate a
WES Best Friends: (first row) Pat Rebele, Bunny Tavares, Diane Craddock, Claire Biancalana, Cynthia Rees, Jennifer
Hudspeth, Anina Van Alstine, Michele Bassi, Janet Heien, Elizabeth Clifton. (second row) Barbara Canfield, Linda Downing,
Marilyn Calciano, Julie Thiebaut, Ronda Williams-Kniffin, Linda Wilshusen, Rachael Spencer (co-founder), Anne Lynn,
Cristina King, Carrie Birkhofer (co-chair), Jean Quinn and Edda Tusinac (co-chair). Not Pictured: Pegi Ard, Angela Chesnut,
Peggy Downes Baskin (co-founder), Jane Godley, Bette Hirsch, Linda Israel, Renée Kilmer and Grace Laurencin.
New Health and Wellness Complex
Brings Students Together
New Partnerships Will Help Shape Community
Healthcare Education
A
fter decades of planning and 18
months of construction, Cabrillo
College unveiled the much anticipated state-of-the-art Health and
Wellness Complex that will be used
by 3,000 students in the allied health
disciplines. The $28 million, two-building
complex provides 57,000 square feet of
space and, for the first time ever, facilitates
an integrated approach to the study and
provision of health care services.
“Our allied health students will be
working as a team in their careers and
we have the opportunity to simulate that
now,” says Kathie Welch, Dean of Health,
Athletics, Wellness and Kinesiology. “We
have medical assistants working with
nurses and radiologic technologists working with x-rays alongside them. Dental
hygienists have a clinic to serve the community as well as the students in Stroke
and Disability Learning Center classes. Our
students can learn about rehab and poststroke recovery by doing internships without commuting. We’re all together and we
can benefit from sharing
courses and knowledge. ”
Instead of renovated
class space, dental hygiene students have a real
clinic. Medical assistant
students who used to set Gina Ramirez (SVMH), Theo Offei (Student Senate), Nanette Mickiewicz
(Dominican), Brian King, Cynthia Peck (CHOMP), Niki Thompson (CHOMP), up on tables have a real lab. Eric LoMonaco (CHOMP), Dennis Bowman (CHOMP).
Students will get to practice
techniques in a new patient simulation lab individual donors, corporations, and
with life-like mannequins. A Collaborative foundations. Last year, area hospitals —
Learning Center that has been partially Community Hospital of the Monterey
furnished by the Student Senate with a Peninsula, Dominican Hospital, and Saligenerous gift of $30,000 houses a library nas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
with laptop computer stations and group provided generous grants to update
Radiologic Technology student labs with
study rooms.
“The CLC is a beautiful facility,” said state-of-the-art digital imaging equipJessica Avila, a nursing student, who says ment. Local hospitals have also supported
students who often met off campus now expansion in the nursing program.
“Cabrillo is appreciative of the longhave space to study together. “It is a wonderful legacy that alumni, donors, faculty, standing partnerships formed with our
and students have given to the Cabrillo local hospitals, who have helped to ensure Cabrillo is meeting the workforce
community.”
Cabrillo College intends to expand needs of our community, “ said President
ongoing collaborative partnerships with Brian King.
19 CAP Celebrates 40 High School Graduates
And Their College Goals
Legacy Donors Honored for Significant Contributions to CAP Success
E
20 ighteen-year-old Lilia Chavez,
who has wanted to be a nurse
for as long as she can remember,
is one of 40 high school graduates this
year who have participated in the Cabrillo
Advancement
Program since
middle school
and who
made plans
to start college in the
fall.
“Every
year, CAP had
a summer program and we learned how to
study for college, how to manage money,
and the things to expect from college,”
Chavez said. “They’re helping us, step by
step, to get to the point where we want
to be.”
Since her introduction to CAP in sixth
grade at Shoreline Middle School, Chavez
has benefitted from CAP mentorship and
tutoring, and now that she’s started at
Cabrillo, she has received a $1,000 scholarship. If she is still at Cabrillo next year, she
will be eligible for another $1,000 scholarship, thanks to a generous donation by
Barbara Samper and her foundation.
Since its inception 19 years ago, more
than 1,300 low-income students have
participated in CAP. This year, there are 294
students in the program from six middle
schools and six high schools in Santa Cruz
County. More than 30 CAP graduates have
enrolled in
Cabrillo College this fall.
Four students
have enrolle d d i re c t l y
into 4-year
schools.
Former CAP student Elvira Linarez, 28,
who graduated from San Jose State Uni-
“Every year, CAP had a summer
program and we learned how
to study for college, how to
manage money, and the things
to expect from college. They’re
helping us, step by step, to get to the point where we want to be.”
versity with a master’s
degree in Counseling Education and a teaching
credential to serve K-12
students, is now working with the elderly as
a social worker at Salud
Para La Gente, a health
care clinic in Watsonville.
She learned about col
lege and financial aid
requirements at CAP’s
Saturday Academies, and
once she was at Cabrillo, tutored younger
CAP students herself. Her CAP scholarship
paid for a much-needed computer.
“Once you become part of the CAP program, you really become part of another
family,” Linarez said.
CAP remains committed to finding
innovative ways to guide students to college. This summer, seven CAP students
had the opportunity to join 60 new Cabrillo students in the inaugural STARS First
Year Experience program, which provides
an introduction to college courses.
“It has always been a dream for me
to have the CAP students participate in a
—Lilia Chavez , CAP Student
summer bridge program that would help
them with the transition from high school
to Cabrillo College,” said Liz Dominguez,
CAP Coordinator/Counselor. “It’s so wonderful that after 19 years, the community’s
commitment to CAP is still so strong.”
This year at the annual CAP awards ceremony, a special tribute was paid to legacy
donors who have made significant gifts to
the program. Those honored included Jack
Baskin and Peggy Downes Baskin, Harold
and Dorothy Hyde, Paul and Pat Shirley,
Sheila Burke and Bill Locke-Paddon of the
Borina Foundation, and Barbara Samper
and her foundation.
Brian King and CAP Honorees: Barbara Samper, Dottie and Hal Hyde, and Sheila Burke (Borina Foundation). Not Pictured: Jack Baskin and Peggy Downes Baskin, Paul and Pat Shirley and Bill Locke-Paddon (Borina Foundation).
Ow Family
Provides
Scholarships
to 59 High
School Seniors
F
or Cristian Serna, 18, who graduated from Harbor High School
in June, starting Cabrillo College is the beginning of a dream. She
will be the
first in her
family to
attend college, and
makes the
first step
toward becoming a
lawyer or getting a job in law enforcement.
“My parents are really proud of me for
making the decision to go to college and
get a degree,” she said. The second of four
children, Serna has watched her parents
work hard in various jobs at a local restaurant and in the yard maintenance busi-
ness. “You really
have to be motivated in school to
get somewhere.
My family motivates me.”
She is one of
59 high school
students who
received a $500
American Dream
scholarship this
year.
The Ow family,
a long-time friend
of Cabrillo College,
Ow Family and American Dream Recipients
established the
Cabrillo College President Brian King
American Dream Scholarship program
21 years ago to support low-income and said, “The example George Ow and his
ethnic minority high school seniors en- family have set for the community is truly
rolling at Cabrillo College. Since then, the inspiring. The Ows are leaders in building
Ow family has contributed scholarships our community in many ways.”
of more than $278,000 to 633 students.
“The American Dream is that you can come from humble beginnings and if you work hard enough, can become anybody and anything; and when you become…you shall assist others.”
— George Ow, Jr., Santa Cruz County businessman, publisher, philanthropist, and surfer.
Faculty Grant Funds New
Software for Learning Skills Lab
C
abrillo College students with
learning disabilities or visual
impairments can use cutting
edge computer software to translate
text to speech in their homes, thanks to a
generous Faculty Grant that provides support for needed items outside traditional
budgets.
The $1,251 Faculty Grant for Student
Success paid for a Kurzweil software
upgrade, which allows students to gain
access to the technology remotely.
For Cabrillo student Ellen McCabe, the
new software means she will be able to
read her texts from her home in Bonny
Doon, rather than have to fit all her technology-assisted studying into school hours
when she can get to the learning skills lab.
“It will keep me on track with my
classes,” said McCabe, who plans to graduate in the spring with an associate’s degree
in Early Childhood Education and eventually create her own school for children with
learning disabilities.
“It means students don’t have to stop
working when the lab closes,” said Vicki
Stanley, a learning disabilities specialist
with the Learning Skills Program. “It expands the usage. That was one of the main
reasons we wanted to upgrade. We hope
Vicki Stanley and Ellen McCabe
it’s going to be magical and really helpful
to our students.”
There are more than 1,200 students in
Disabled Students Programs and Services;
about 300 students use the learning skills
lab each semester.
There is over $40,000 available to
faculty each year through three facultyspecific programs at the Foundation.
21 Ensuring a Lasting Legacy:
Sinors Join Heritage Club
D
ale and Kathie Sinor, who remember college as a great time
of exploration and learning,
hope that naming the Cabrillo College
Foundation as a fixed percentage beneficiary in their trust will help future students
enjoy the same rich experience.
“There are a lot of people who need
what the community college system has
to offer,” says Kathie Sinor, an artist and
businesswoman who has taken occasional
classes at Cabrillo throughout her career.
She has also served as an instructor for
classes taught through community college extension programs.
“We’ve always believed in education,”
Kathie says. “My happiest times were when
22 I was in school, so to give back when
we’re gone so others can continue to
enjoy this resource was very easy. ”
Kathie, who earned a bachelor’s
degree in Design from UC Los Angeles, went on to launch a successful
art-related retail business, then
returned to school and earned a
master’s degree in Human Resources and
Organizational Development from the
University of San Francisco. She worked
in corporate training and development,
eventually branching out to teach leadership, strategic planning, and team building in local school districts.
Dale, a math major at UC Los Angeles,
has had a successful career as a computer
software engineer. In addition to launching his own companies, he is known for
creating XTree, an early file manager
software that still has a legion of avid fans,
and after 25 years even has its own online
XTree fan page.
“Cabrillo is a great local institution,”
Dale says. “I am looking forward to taking
classes.”
Cabrillo College Foundation Heritage Club
T
he Heritage Club honors those who have included a gift to Cabrillo College in their estate plans. Though Cabrillo
does not have to be notified of a bequest, it is useful for planning purposes to know that a gift is anticipated. It is often helpful
to discuss with donors in advance the structuring of a gift to achieve the donor’s goals. Additionally, we like to acknowledge
the generosity of donors who remember Cabrillo in their wills.
Cornelia S. Ackley
Dick & Lani Adams
Robert Agrella
John M. & Betty Ann Altman
Dr. Werner Barasch
Greta Bell
Carol Berman
Charles & Lil Blakely
Jack & Helen Boone
Patricia Bowden
Barbara Briley
Sue Broadston
Douglas Brown
Stephen W. Brown
William & Lupe Burgstrom
John & Linda Burroughs
John & Lynn Caldwell
Max & Marion Caldwell
Mary Frances Callantine
Ann Carroll, M.D.
Al & Robert Castagnola
Frederick Chen, M.D.
Ceil Cirillo
Joan Cook
George W. Couch III
Kathryn Cowan & Paul Shephard
Diane Craddock
Fern Cruz
Mr. & Mrs. Cunningham
Wally Dale
Betty Dalziel
Marshall G. & Sabrina Delk
Berenice DePew
Darryl Dill
Nancy Drinkard
Lee & Emily Duffus
Merritt S. Duncan
Marguerite Fling
Elizabeth Foster
Rocky & Judy Franich
Jim & Dolores Graefe
Nancy Gregg
Angelo & Beverly Grova
Tila Guerrero
Ken Haber
M. C. Haman
Herrick & Julie Hanks
Harry Held
Joy & Walter Hickey
Josephine Holohan
Marilyn L. Horjes
Sheila R. Hough
John & Mary Lou Hurd
Harold A. Hyde
Helen Irwin
Millard & Elizabeth Irwin
Harland & Therese Johnson
Walter Francis Johnson
Evelyn Kaslow
Peggy Kaysen
Ragnhild B. Kemme
Ernest & Jean Kretschmer
James & Velma Leask
Sam & Lisa Leask
Bill & Luanna Lee
Robert Leet-Corday
Catherine Lenox
Albert Leoni
Paul & Anne Levin
Jocelyn Levy
Les & Jeane Ley
Martha A. Lipsanen
Josie & Bailey Little
William F. Locke-Paddon
Robert & Janet Lockwood
Sandy Lydon
Richard Dagget Lynde
Dave & Carol Mann
Joseph McGarry
Fred & Linda McPherson
Louella Mehne
Richard & Yedida Merrill
Karl & Joan Mertz
Sandra Mock
Rick & Ruth Moe
Charles Mons & Jan Ledoux
John F. Morgan
Elliott & Trudy Mozee
Elice E. Neubauer
Garrett C. & Ruth Nichols
Zoe Ann Orr
Fred & Helen Palmer
Rena Perlino
Dorothy Perry
John & Norma Petersen
Thomas & Deborah Peterson
Richard & Alyce Prudden
Vera Pulido & Sue Barthol
Reynaldo Ramirez
Edward & Alpeda P. Rampone
Mickey & Elaine Rebecchi
Rowland & Pat Rebele
Gary Reece
Irma Rhodes
Bud & Lisa Rice
Esther L. Rice
John A. & Mary Barrins Roberts
Bernice & George Robertson
Dr. J. Arthur & Iris Rodgers
Manuel & Alice Santana
Erica Schilling
Ben Schneider
Daphne Sgarlato
Elinor & Keith Shaffer
Madeleine Silber
Melinda & Thomas Silverstein
Alan & Phyllis Simpkins
Dale & Kathie Sinor
Mr. Robert C. Slawinski
Alan J. & Barbara M. Smith
Gertrude Snibley
Ann M. Soldo
Tom Sourisseau
Danny Spencer
Rachael Spencer &
Kevin Rooney
Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Spodick
Carl Stancil
Jack & Wendy Stevens
Robert & Frances Swenson
Margo Trombetta
Al & Barbara Tosta
Vermont Triebig
Johna & Lee Vanderpool
Miguel Vasquez, M.D.
Edith Waddell
Rachel Wedeen
Alice Weisenberger
Lura White
Theo & Julie Wierdsma
Wm. & P. A. Winterhalder
Gladys Wishard
Floyd & Millie Younger
Sharon Younger
Alice Zecher
Leah Zeff Den Boer
Contributing to Cabrillo College
“ The Cabrillo College Foundation has experienced remarkable growth, responsiveness, and stability. In 2009-10, the CCF has raised more funds than any other California community college foundation—a remarkable feat for a mid-sized college. This year nearly $5.4 million was provided in direct support to Cabrillo College and its students. The Cabrillo College Foundation sets the highest standard in accountability with repeated unqualified audits.”
— Michael W. Machado, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
T
his Annual Report features some of the ways
Cabrillo College supporters have given to the college. The Cabrillo College Foundation welcomes
outright gifts of cash, securities, and property. Gifts may also
be pledged over time. We offer a variety of deferred giving
options, including charitable remainder trusts, securities
transfers, gift annuities, life insurance gifts, and bequests.
The Cabrillo College Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
organization and all contributions are tax deductible to
the extent allowed by law.
Endowment 1990-2010
$6M
Total Gifts 1990-2010
$5M
$4M
$3M
$2M
23 $1M
$16M
$0
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99*
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04**
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
$14M
$12M
$10M
*1998 = $85M Bond Measure
$8M
2009-10 Support to Cabrillo College
Total: $5,390,600
$6M
**2004 = $118.5M Bond Measure
2009-10 Source of Private Funds
Total: $5,468,031
$4M
$0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Total Net Assets* 1990-2010
$20M
$15M
Scholarships
21%
Faculty and
Department
Support
7%
Foundations 73%
Corporations
6%
For more information on supporting
Cabrillo College, please contact:
$10M
$5M
$0
Individuals
21%
Student Services and
Program Support
72%
$2M
1990
1995
2000
*Year End Statement of Total Net Assets
2005
2010
Melinda Silverstein, Executive Director
Cabrillo College Foundation
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Fax: (831) 477-5686
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Emeritus Historian Sandy Lydon Honored
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hether sharing his passion for
“weird and wonderful memories”
along Santa Cruz County roadsides,
fearlessly tackling the difficult question: Is
Santa Cruz Really Weird? or bringing to life
the rich histories of immigrants in the Monterey Bay region and the secret treasures of
local parks, Sandy Lydon has played a vital
role as Cabrillo College historian emeritus.
“Our faculty has always been the heart of
our success and Sandy epitomizes the passion and dedication that has made Cabrillo
exceptional for more than 50 years,” says Brian
King, Cabrillo College President.
Fortunately for the Cabrillo College
Foundation, Lydon has not strayed too far
since leaving his official post on the faculty in
2000. He has continued to inspire, enlighten,
and sometimes shock us with stories of the
past through his annual historical President’s
Circle tours. “His annual tours for the President’s Circle are the highlight of the year for
many of our members,” King says. “From the
North Coast to San Juan Bautista, Sandy’s
knowledge is amazing and his enthusiasm,
contagious.”
President’s Circle Members on tour of San Juan Bautista
“There is no one quite like Sandy. Every trip he takes with us is truly a historical adventure, as well as an entertaining one! He makes the tours come alive with his facts and anecdotes.”
— Mary Blanchard
President’s Circle member and past President’s Circle Committee Chair
Lydon’s support has contributed
to the success of the President’s Circle,
which enables the Foundation to offer
scholarships to students, provide support for student services, and promote
workforce education.
Lydon has taught history since 1968
and has earned numerous teaching
awards, including the Floyd Younger
Award for Teaching Excellence and
the Best College Teacher in Santa Cruz
County Award. Lydon was honored at
the 2009 President’s Holiday Party for
his efforts on behalf of the President’s
Circle. Lydon continues to research,
write, and lecture throughout the region.
We salute you, History Dude!
President’s Circle Members on tour of Paradise Park