Members of the Board

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is governed by a seven-member board of trustees which is responsible for all policy decisions. Board members are elected from trustee areas by the registered voters of nine communities: Castro Valley, Dublin, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Sunol and Union City.

For questions or comments about the Board of Trustees, please contact:
Maisha Jameson
Board Coordinator/Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
mjameson@clpccd.org
Phone: (925) 485-5207
Fax: (925) 485-5256

 

Current Board Members

Board President

Ms. Linda Granger
Trustee Area 2
trusteeboard-area2@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Ms. Granger was elected to the Board in 2018 and represents Area 2, San Leandro and portions of San Lorenzo. 

Ms. Granger earned her masters degree in economics from California State University, Hayward; and her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston College. 

Ms. Granger is currently the Superintendent of the Eden Area Regional Occupational Program. She is a graduate of San Leandro High School and has spent the majority of her education career at San Leandro High School, as a teacher, site and district administrator. 

Ms. Granger has been active in her community through various service organizations including San Leandro Kiwanis and Hayward Rotary.

Ms. Granger has one daughter.

Board Secretary

Mr. Harris Mojadedi
Trustee Area 3
trusteeboard-area3@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Mr. Mojadedi was appointed to the Board in 2022. He represents Area 3, which encompasses Union City and South Hayward.

Harris Mojadedi earned his master’s degree in leadership studies from Saint Mary’s College of California. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science with a concentration in public policy from San Jose State University.

Mr. Mojadedi is currently a policy analyst at the University of California, Berkeley. His work as an analyst informs policies, projects, and programs in support of the student fee portfolio. As a staff member, he has also helped lead the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.  He is currently chair of UC Berkeley’s Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee.

Mr. Mojadedi has been an active member of his community through a number of leadership and advocacy roles. He recently served as chair of both the Union City Planning Commission and the Alameda County Human Relations Commission. As a member of the board of directors for the New Haven Schools Foundation, he helped secure funding in support of students from the New Haven Unified School District.

 

Mr. Hector Garcia
Trustee Area 1
trusteeboard-area1@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Mr. Garcia was elected to the Board in 2024 and represents Area 1, Hayward.

 

Dr. Hal G. Gin
Trustee Area 6
trusteeboard-area6@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Dr. Gin has served on the Board since 2005, and represents Area 6, which includes Northeast Hayward and West San Lorenzo. He is currently serving his fourth term as Board President.

Dr. Gin earned a doctorate in education and organizational leadership from the University of San Francisco, a master’s degree in public administration and a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social services from California State University, East Bay. He has devoted more than three decades as an educator and student affairs administrator at CSUEB.

Dr. Gin is involved in numerous board leadership positions in the community, including Lions Clubs International, Past Presiding President, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; President Hoy-Sun Ning Yung Benevolent Association; Superintendent, Central Chinese High School, Friends of Chabot College Foundation, Alameda County Board of Zoning Adjustments, Commissioner, Alameda County Planning Commission, and Board Executive Vice President, Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, a community benefits district.

Dr. Gin and his wife, Rose have two children, and three grandchildren.

 

Ms. Catheryn Grier
Trustee Area 5
trusteeboard-area5@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Ms. Grier elected to the Board in 2024 and represents Area 5, Dublin and Northeast Pleasanton.

 

Ms. Maria L. Heredia
Trustee Area 4 Trustee
trusteeboard-area4@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Ms. Maria L. Heredia was appointed in 2019 to the Chabot-Las Positas Board of Trustees Area 4 and represents Castro Valley, East San Lorenzo, Sunol, and areas of Pleasanton. Trustee Heredia is currently serving as the CLPCCD Board Secretary.

Ms. Heredia received her bachelor’s degree in sociology and spanish from Holy Names University (Oakland, CA) and her master’s degree in school and career counseling from San Francisco State University.

Ms. Heredia has four decades of public school experience, including 10 years at the high school level and 30 years at community colleges. She has previously been employed at Merritt, Laney, Chabot and City College of San Francisco, where she served as a counselor/coordinator and department chair and managed a comprehensive and diverse counseling office. Throughout her career, Ms. Heredia has been elected to three terms as department chair and three terms as part of the academic senate, as well as received appointments to multiple key committees including curriculum, articulation, budget and planning. She has been a member of The Centro Legal, the La Raza Board in Oakland, a number of Southwest voter registration drives and many community and parent education associations.

Ms. Heredia is married to Tony Sanchez; they have three children.

 

Steve Lanza
Trustee Area 7
trusteeboard-area7@clpccd.org
(925) 485-5207

Mr. Lanza was elected to the Board in 2022 and represents Area 7, Livermore, areas of East Dublin, and Southeast San Ramon.

Steve Lanza is principal of Tri-Valley Advising focused on creating and driving strategies along with executive coaching for small and mid-size companies. Prior to TVA, Steve spent his career in the Technology Sector with twenty years at the Vice President or above level. His functional responsibilities included global leadership across all business functions including General Management, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Organization Development with the last three years spent as an executive mentor building global organizations.

He spent twelve years leading operational and financial functions at Lam Research, a Fortune 300 corporation, delivering results through applying team focus, accountability and reaching global alignment while the company grew 400% to over $10B during this time. Steve has also spent twenty years as an adjunct professor teaching business courses primarily focused on strategy, entrepreneurship, and management for MBA programs along with business courses at Ohlone and Las Positas Colleges. He currently is teaching graduate level business strategy and project courses at the University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University.

In addition to his corporate work and his work in education, Steve has led the Tri-Valley’s Leadership group, Innovation Tri-Valley, as chair of the board of directors for three years and as co-chair of ITV’s Education and Workforce Development committee for two years. He is also currently Chair of the Las Positas College Foundation Board of Directors and on the Board of SPARC, a regional performing arts organization.

Student Trustees

Ms. Vy Dao
Student Trustee, Chabot College
vvyd2512@gmail.com

Vy Dao is Chabot College's elected student representative on the Board of Trustees for the 2024-25 academic term

As an incoming 2nd-year biology student at Chabot College, Dao wished to further her involvement with campus life.

Now, as student trustee, Dao strives to foster an inclusive community and to forge a path (specifically for the underrepresented) to have a smoother road in higher education. Additionally, Dao is passionate about encouraging others to participate in campus activities and utilizing their time and resources to support Chabot College.

In the past, Dao has been involved in various communities and clubs, including “Movement”, a learning community focused on serving the Asian American Pacific Islander community. In addition, Dao is member of Chabot College’s Movement Club and Vietnamese Students Association Club.

Dao enjoys cooking pasta, hiking, and reading comics in her free time. Her favorite dish to cook is Alfredo Pasta and her favorite hiking trail is the Sequoia Bayview Trails!

 

Ms. Isabella Qiu
Student Trustee, Las Positas College
lpcsg-studenttrustee@laspositascollege.edu

Isabella Qiu is currently a second-year student at Las Positas College, majoring in Mathematics/Statistics, with goals to transfer to a University of California school in the fall of 2025.

Over the past year, Isabella has served as an appointed Senator on the Las Positas College Student Senate, and is gaining valuable experience representing others as a student representative on college shared governance committees (such as the Program Review Committee) and district-wide committees (including the Alternative Academic Calendar and Facilities committees). During this time, she has cultivated a love for meeting new students and coming to understand their unique perspectives and backgrounds.

In her role as Student Trustee, Isabella aims to contribute to a supportive and diverse campus environment for its equally diverse student body. She hopes to apply her experience in student government, her passion for representing others, and her commitment to inclusivity and student-centered policies on a broader stage at the district level and even through state and nationwide advocacy.