About Don Singer
Don Singer is proud of his having served as an educator in Southern California schools and colleges for over 30 years. He was a teacher in all types of institutions, ranging from middle schools through university programs. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including United States History, English, Geography, American government, and, in graduate programs, courses in Education for those students desiring a Master's degree or Doctoral degree in Education or Higher Education. Don has four degrees from the University of Southern California, including a Bachelor's degree in History; a Master's degree in Education; a Master's degree in History; and a Doctoral degree in Higher Education.
Most of his career in education was spent in the California community college system, in which he served in a variety of capacities, including instructor, dean, vice president, and president. He is the only person who had the pleasure and privilege of serving as the President of the two colleges in the San Bernardino Community College District. He served as President of Crafton Hills College for eight years and as President of San Bernardino Valley College for seven years.
Following his early retirement from San Bernardino Valley College he served for several years as the Executive Director of Inland Action. Inland Action is a long-standing, non-profit, non-partisan corporation of public spirited citizens who are banded together to aid in the economic development of the Inland Empire. Headquartered in San Bernardino, the group holds weekly meetings to which leading business people, elected officials, and other community leaders are invited to speak on matters of economic and cultural concern. The groups works actively and effectively with elected officials in both Sacramento and Washington, D.C. to effect needed economic change in the Inland Empire.
Don was first elected to the Board of Trustees of the San Bernardino Community College District in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. He was elected by his Board colleagues to the positions of Clerk of the Board, Vice President of the Board, and Board President. During his tenure on the Board, Don has worked hard on a number of issues which are important to the communities which support both Crafton Hills College and San Bernardino Valley College, including helping to lower the cost of textbooks; working with the Legislature to convince them to provide the needed financial resources for the District; and working with business groups and business leaders to increase the college-going rate in our community.
His involvement in the community college movement extends beyond his membership on the Board of Trustees of the San Bernardino Community College District. He has been elected and serves on the Board of Directors of the California Community College Trustees. This is the group which represents all 442 locally-elected Board members from the 72 community college Districts in the State and works to establish goals toward which all of the community college Districts will strive.
Don is active in his local community, serving as a member of the Redlands Noon Kiwanis Club, the Native Sons of the Golden West, and volunteers time to work in Smiley Library and for Ronald McDonald House in Loma Linda. He has been married to Joanne for 47 years and has three children and three grandchildren.
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LIST OF SUPPORTERS
- Joe Baca, U.S. Congressman
- Joe Baca, Jr., Councilman, City of Rialto
- James Ramos, Board President, San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD)
- John Futch, Board Member, SBCCD
- Carleton W. Lockwood, Jr., Board Member SBCCD
- John Longville, Board Member, SBCCD
- Chuck Terrell, Board Member, SBCCD
- Jess C. Vizcaino, Jr., Board Member, SBCCD
- Dr. Donald Averill, Retired Chancellor, SBCCD
- Alen Ritchie, Member of the San Bernardino County Board of Education
- Robert Armenta, Jr., Member of the Colton Joint Unified District Board of Education
- Ed Chavez, Member, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
- Ray Quinto, Member, City of Calimesa Council
- Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
- Democratic Luncheon Club of San Bernardino
- San Bernardino County Democratic Central Committee
- Redlands Area Democratic Club
- Barbara Babcock
- Bruce Baron
- Steven A. Becker
- Tom Bennett
- Stuart Bernstein
- John Brennan
- Cheryl Brown
- Jim Bueermann
- Larry and Char Burgess
- Cliff and Karen Cabanilla
- Randall Ceniceros
- Rochelle Stanton Chandler
- Stephen D. Chapman
- Joe Cislowski
- Rabbi Hillel Cohn
- William Coleman
- Donna Cooley
- Leo and Gloria Cutler
- Carl Dameron
- Farriel Dobard
- Victor S. Dominguez
- Antonio Dupre
- Stephen Epler
- James Ewing
- Bonnie Figgins
- Bertha Fox
- Leticia Garcia
- Alton Garrett
- Hazel Gray Geller
- Lou Gerdine
- Phil and Roberta Gold
- Kenneth and Katherine Hardy
- Steve Harmanos
- Ronald Hattis
- Thomas Hinds
- Matthew Isaac
- Franchot Johnson
- Rod Jurado
- Patrick Kahler
- Aaron and Ina Katz
- Paula Kaye
- Douglas Kohn
- Michael Kress
- Dianne Landeros
- Lenore Manak
- Dave Maupin
- David McLees
- Bill McMillin
- Trish Meagher
- Phil Merchant
- Miles Miller
- Ed Millican
- Jim Mulvihill
- Larry Munz
- Chuck and Shelby Obershaw
- Margie Orland
- Marilyn Patterson
- Jamison Power
- John Prentice
- Tim Prince
- David Raley
- Dr. Lawrence Raphael
- Roxanne Rios
- Carol and Phil Robb
- Beth Singer Sassower and Larry Sassower
- Roberta Sassower
- Evelyn Schnitzer
- Ladd Seekins
- Mark Shepherd, San Bernardino County Democratic Central Committee
- Asher Sheppard
- Richard Simon
- Elliott Singer
- Jennifer Singer
- James Malcolm Smith
- Dorothy Somers
- Jim and Jeanne Stellar
- Rhonda Stanton
- Terrance Stone
- Harriet Sustarsic
- Gary Thomas
- Rob Vines
- John Walsh
- Andrew Walzer
- Lew Warren
- Steve Weber
- Michael and Ellen Weiss
- Nancy Ruth White
- Steve Wormser
- Amos Young, Jr.
- Serafin A. Zasueta
- Kalman S. Zempleny II
- Harvey Zuckman
WE WON! And I say “we” because I could not have been re-elected without the great help from all of you in putting together this winning campaign.
As you know, it is difficult to reach voters in this Community College District but I was able to do so thanks to those of you who endorsed me and talked to your friends, to those who contributed to my campaign, to those who wrote letters to local newspapers, to those who made calls and E-mails on my behalf, and to the many thousands of you who voted for me.
As I said throughout the course of this campaign my role as a Board member is to work with my colleagues to move the colleges forward and to permit the students to reach their goal, whether it be a better job or to transfer to a four-year institution or simply to take a course or two to improve the quality of their life and, thanks to you I can continue to do that.
Thank you again for your wonderful work and I am most appreciative for my re-election.
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