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There are more than 70 MESA centers throughout California.

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MESA Statewide Office

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San Bernardino Valley College (Community College Program)

Jennifer Bjerke
Director
701 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92410
Phone: (909) 384-8653
jbjerke@sbccd.cc.ca.us

Solano Community College (Community College Program)

Commodore St. Germain
Director
4000 Suisun Valley Road
Fairfield, CA 94534
Phone: (707)864-9588
commodore.st.germain@solano.edu

San Diego City College (Community College Program)

Rafael Alvarez
Director
1313 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 388-3156
Fax: (619) 388-3915
ralvarez@sdccd.edu

Southwestern College (Community College Program)

Mourad Mjahed
Director
900 Otay Lakes Road
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: (619) 482-6381
Fax: (619) 482-6503
mmjahed@swccd.edu

San Joaquin Delta College (Community College Program)

Cassandra Hernandez
Director
5151 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
Phone: (209) 954-5318
Fax: (209) 954-5600
chernandez@deltacollege.edu

Ventura College (Community College Program)

April Montes
Director
4667 Telegraph Road
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: (805) 289-4813
Fax: (805) 654-6374
amontes@vcccd.edu

Santa Ana College (Community College Program)

Jeff Cutkomp
Interim Director
1530 W. 17th St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Phone: (714) 564-6195
Fax: (714) 973-9032
cutkomp_jeff@sac.edu

West Hills Coalinga College (Community College Program)

Zachary Soto
Director
300 Cherry Lane
Coalinga, CA 93210
Phone: (559) 934-2762
zacksoto@whccd.edu

Santa Barbara City College (Community College Program)

Virginia Estrella
Director
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA
Phone: (805) 730-4792
Fax: (805) 963-7222
estrella@sbcc.edu

Woodland Community College (Community College Program)

Lorena Navarro
Director
2300 E. Gibson Road
Woodland, CA 95776
Phone: (530) 661-5791
Fax: (530) 661-5769
lnavarro@yccd.edu

Santa Rosa Junior College (Community College Program)

Darci Rosales
Director
1501 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Phone: (707) 524-1859
Fax: (707) 521-7876
drosales@santarosa.edu

Yuba College (Community College Program)

Eliliana Gonzalez
Director
2088 N. Beale Road
Marysville, CA 95901
Phone: (530) 741-6986
Fax: (530) 749-3854
egonzale@yccd.edu

Skyline College (Community College Program)

Carla Grandy
Director
3300 College Dr.
San Bruno CA 94066
Phone: (650) 738-4354/4221
Fax: (650) 738-4299
grandyc@smccd.edu

Mendocino College (Community College Program)

Eric Hoefler
Director
1000 Hensley Creek Road
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: (707) 468-3023
Fax: (707) 468-3120
ehoefler@mendocino.edu

Gavilan College (Community College Program)

Esteban Talavera
Acting Director
5055 Santa Teresa Boulevard
Gilroy, CA 95020
Phone: (408) 846-4968
Fax: (408) 846-4969
etalavera@gavilan.edu

Rio Hondo College (Community College Program)

Gisela Spieler-Persad
Director
3600 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
Phone: (562) 463-3222
Fax: (562) 908-3432
gspieler@riohondo.edu

Hartnell College (Community College Program)

Joel Thompson
Director
411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone: (831) 770-6106
Fax: (831) 759-6092
jothompson@hartnell.edu

Sacramento City College (Community College Program)

Lorena Jauregui
Director
3835 Freeport Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95822
Phone: (916) 558-2646
Fax: (916) 558-2655
jauregl@scc.losrios.edu

East Los Angeles College (Community College Program)

Djuradj Babic
Director
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA 91754-6099
Phone: (323) 780-6730
Fax: (323) 265-4834
babicd@elac.edu

Napa Valley College (Community College Program)

Luis Alcazar
Director
2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: (707) 256-7285
Fax: (707) 259-6035
luis.alcazar@napavalley.edu

El Camino College (Community College Program)

Arturo Hernandez
Director
16007 Crenshaw Boulevard
Torrance, CA 90506
Phone: (310) 660-3593 x 5887
Fax: (310) 660-6023
ahernandez@elcamino.edu

Pasadena City College (Community College Program)

Silvia Talaoc
Director
1570 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91106
Phone: (626) 585-7344
Fax: (626) 585-3035
sctalaoc@pasadena.edu

Mission College (Community College Program)

Edrina Rashidi
Director
3000 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 855-5041
Fax: (408) 855-5472
edrina.rashidi@missioncollege.edu

Diablo Valley College (Community College Program)

Danielle Odom
MESA Contact
321 Golf Club Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone: (925) 969-4232
dodom@dvc.edu

University of Southern California (College Prep and University Programs)

Ben Louie
College Prep Director
USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center
Kerckhoff Hall (KER/KCH)
734 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2901
Phone: (213) 740-1955
Fax: (213) 740-6226
blouie@usc.edu

Dr. Darin Gray
University Programs Director
USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center
Kerckhoff Hall (KER/KCH)
734 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2901
Phone: (213) 740-1955
Fax: (213) 740-6226
daring@usc.edu

California State University, East Bay (College Prep and University Programs)

Janiene Langford
Director
College of Science
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Phone: (510)885-7654
Fax: (510)885-4342
janiene.langford@csueastbay.edu

University of the Pacific (College Prep and University Programs)

Elana Peach-Fine
College Prep Director
School of Engineering
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-3057
Fax: (209) 946-2682
epeachfine@pacific.edu

Irene Vasquez Camy
University Program Director
Office of Cooperative Education and DEI
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2539
Fax: (209) 946-2682
icamy@pacific.edu

University of California, Santa Cruz (College Prep and University Programs)

Alexandria Leckliter
College Prep Director
Educational Partnership Center
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Shipping Address (UPS/FedEx only):
Oakes College, Rm 318
150 Heller Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-1819
Fax: (831) 459-3570
alexand@ucsc.edu

Carmen Robinson
Acting University Program Director
Jack Baskin School of Engineering, MS SOE2
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-0177
Phone: (831) 459-5621
Fax: (831) 459-5333
crobins3@ucsc.edu

University of California, Santa Barbara (College Prep and University Programs)

Micaela Morgan
Pre College and University Program Director
Office of Education Partnerships
1505 South Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3011
Phone: (805) 893-5839
Fax: (805) 893-3871
micaela.morgan@ucsb.edu

University of California, San Francisco (College Prep)

Don Woodson
Director
Office of Diversity and Outreach
1855 Folsom Street, Suite 548
San Francisco, CA 94143-0934
Phone: (415) 476-5353
Fax: (415) 502-6400
donald.woodson@ucsf.edu

University of California, Riverside (College Prep and University Programs)

Carlos Gonzalez
College Prep and University Program Director
118 Engineering Building II
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-2746
Fax: (951) 827-2485
carlos.gonzalez@ucr.edu

Resources for Indian Student Education (RISE) (College Prep)

April Lea Go Forth
Director
P.O. Box 1878
709 E. 6th Street
Alturas, CA 96101
Phone: (530) 233-2226
Fax: (530) 233-477

University of California, Los Angeles (College Prep)

Cathy Douglas
Interim Director
School of Engineering and Applied Science
6291 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600
Phone: (310) 206-6493
Fax: (310) 825-3908
E-mail: cathyd@ea.ucla.edu

University of California, Irvine (College Prep and University Programs)

Marvin Maldonado
Director
5420 Engineering Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-2700
Phone: (949) 824-1578
Fax: (949) 824-8200
mjmaldon@uci.edu
University of California, Los

Imperial Valley (College Prep)

Jeanette Ramos-Espino
Director
Kennedy Middle School
900 N. 6th Street
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone: (760) 335-5159
Fax: (760) 353-0325
jramos@ecesd.org

Ukiah Field Station (College Prep)

Cameron Johnson
MESA co-Director
c/o Ukiah High School
1000 Low Gap Road
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: (707) 671-2397
Fax: (707) 463-2120
cameronjohnson@uusd.net

UC Davis (College Prep)

Carla Thompson
Director
Colleges of La Rue Bldg 168
164 Orchard Park Drive
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2195
cmthompson@ucdavis.edu

California State University, Long Beach (College Prep and University Programs)

Saba Yohannes-Reda
Director
College of Engineering
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840-8306
Phone: (562) 985-1463
Fax: (562) 985-2394
saba.reda@csulb.edu

(University)
Saba Yohannes-Reda
Interim Director
College of Engineering
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: (562) 985-1463
Fax: (562) 985-2394
saba.reda@csulb.edu

San Jose State University (College Prep and University Programs)

Susan Arias
College Prep Director
College of Science, DH241
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0105
Phone: (408) 924-5034
Fax: (408) 924-4026
susan.arias@sjsu.edu

Mathew Stowe
University Program Director
College of Engineering
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0101
Phone: (408) 924-3895
Fax: (408) 924-7163
mathew.stowe@sjsu.edu

San Diego State University (College Prep and University Programs)

Luis Topete
College Prep Director
College of Engineering
5250 Campanile Drive, Mailcode 1833
San Diego, CA 92182
Phone: (619) 594-0310
Fax: (619) 594-0253
ltopete@mail.sdsu.edu

Natasha Celise
University Program Director
College of Engineering
5500 Campanile Drive, MC 1303
San Diego, CA 92182-1326
Phone: (619) 594-5679
Fax: (619) 594-2108

California State University, Los Angeles (College Prep and University Programs)

Thelma Federico
College Prep and University Program Director
School of Engineering & Technology
5151 State University Drive, E&T A137
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Phone: (323) 343-4565
Fax: (323) 343-6314
tfederico@cslanet.calstatela.edu

California State University, Chico (University Program)

Lupe Jimenez
Interim Director
O’Connell Technology Center, Room 114
Chico, CA 95929-0100
Phone: (530) 898-4017
Fax: (530) 898-6093
ljimenez@csuchico.edu

California State University, Fresno (College Prep and University Programs)

Beatrice Prieto
College Prep Director
2220 E. San Ramon
College of Engineering, MS EE94
Fresno, CA 93740-0094
Phone: (559) 278-2976
Fax: (559) 278-4517
bprieto@csufresno.edu

Hernan Maldonado
University Program Director
2220 E. San Ramon
Lyles College of Engineering, M/S EE94
Fresno, CA 93740-8030
Phone: (559) 278-5408
Fax: (559) 278-4517

Sonoma State University (University Program)

Christina Thao
Director
School of Science & Technology
Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: (707)664-2171
thaoch@sonoma.edu

California State University, Sacramento (University Program)

Kevan Shafizadeh
MESA Contact
School of Engineering & Computer Science
Sacramento, CA 95819-6023
Phone: (916) 278-5468
Fax: (916) 278-7086
kevan@csus.edu

Allan Hancock College (Community College Program)

Christine Reed
Director
800 South College Drive
Santa Maria, CA 93454-6399
Phone: (805) 922-6966 Ext. 3348
Fax: (805) 922-9137
creed@hancockcollege.edu

Chabot College (Community College Program)

Maria Rodriguez-Larrain
Director
25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Room 2057
Hayward, CA 94545
Phone: (510) 723-7266
mrodriguez-larrain@chabotcollege.edu

American River College (Community College Program)

Brett Sawyer
Director
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
Phone: (916) 484-8662
Fax: (916) 484-8025
sawyerb@arc.losrios.edu

City College of San Francisco (Community College Program)

Frederick Moore
Director
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112
Phone: (415) 452-5817
fmoore@ccsf.edu

Bakersfield College (Community College Program)

Consuelo Gonzalez
Director
1801 Panorama Dr.
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Phone: (661) 395-4769
Fax: (661) 395-4328
cogonzal@bakersfieldcollege.edu

College of Alameda (Community College Program)

Cady Carmichael
Director
555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway
Alameda, CA 94501
Phone: (510) 466-5380
cbow@peralta.edu

Butte College (Community College Program)

Nena Anguiano
Director
3536 Butte Campus Drive
Oroville, CA 95965-8303
Phone: (530) 879-4302
Fax: (530) 879-4309
anguianone@butte.edu

College of the Canyons (Community College Program)

Amy Foote
Director
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Phone: (661) 362-3098
Fax: (661) 255-5373
amy.foote@canyons.edu

College of the Desert (Community College Program)

J. Carl Farmer
Director
45500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone: (760) 776-7455
Fax: (760) 773-2569
cfarmer@collegeofthedesert.edu

Cabrillo College (Community College Program)

Kelli Horner
Director
Mathematics, Engineering,
Science Department, Room 714 C
6500 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003-3119
Phone: (831) 479-5785
Fax: (831) 477-5682
kehorner@cabrillo.edu

College of San Mateo (Community College Program)

Olivia Viveros
Director
1700 West Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: (650) 574-6601
viveroso@smccd.edu

Cañada College (Community College Program)

Marcella Grant
Interim Director
4200 Farm Hill Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94061
Phone: (650) 306-3321
Fax: (650) 306-3149
grantm@smccd.edu

College of the Sequoias (Community College Program)

John Jimenez
Director
915 S. Mooney Blvd.
Visalia, CA 93277
Phone: (559) 737-6136
johnjo@cos.edu

Contra Costa College (Community College Program)

Seti Sidharta
Director
2600 Mission Bell Drive
San Pablo, CA 94806
Phone: (510) 215-4005
ssidharta@contracosta.edu

Los Medanos College (Community College Program)

Nicole Trager
Director
2700 East Leland Road
Pittsburg, CA 94565
Phone: (925) 473-7685
ntrager@losmedanos.edu

San Francisco State University (University Program)

Kwok Siong Teh
Director
School of Engineering
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94132
Phone: (415) 338-1228
ksteh@sfsu.edu

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