Rod Foster, a former city manager in Colton and Laguna Niguel, has been named Rialto’s city administrator. Foster, who has more than 35 years experience in professional management, was appointed by a unanimous vote of the city council and is scheduled to take over his new position June 17, according …
Read More »Buckley named CSUSB’s top professor
Annie Buckley has been named Cal State San Bernardino’s Outstanding Professor for the 2018-’19 academic year, the university’s top faculty honor. Buckley developed and is the head of the university’s community-based art program, according to a university statement. She has raised more than $2 million in grants and contracts to …
Read More »Omnitrans employee lauded for reorganization efforts
Jannet Villaseñor has been named Omnitrans’ employee of the quarter. An Omnitrans employee for eight months, Villaseñor was recognized for her outstanding work reorganizing the public transit agency’s West Valley parts warehouse, according to a statement. Villaseñor scrubbed and mopped floors herself, then oversaw a team of employees that labeled, …
Read More »Bryant to head new Omnitrans division
Jeremiah Bryant has been promoted to director of strategic development at Omnitrans. A 12-year employee of the San Bernardino County transit agency, Bryant will oversee 15 employees in the newly-formed Strategic Development Department, according to a statement. Bryant started at Omnitrans in 2007 as marketing analyst and was promoted to …
Read More »Vackar named to community college board
Tracey Vackar has been named to the board of directors of the Community College League of California’s Community College Trustee. Currently president of the Riverside Community College District’s Board of Trustees, Vackar is a teacher and administrator in secondary and post-secondary adult education, according to the statement announcing her appointment. …
Read More »Middleton appointed to CalPERS’ governing board
Palm Springs council member Lisa Middleton has been appointed to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s governing board of administrators. Middleton, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, was elected to the city council in November 2017, according to a statement on the city’s website. A member of CalPERS, Middleton has an …
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