CPR Commission Hearing
Education, Training and Volunteerism
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Thursday, September 9, 2004

Hearing Transcript

Welcome
10:00 - 10:05 
Dr. Jane Pisano
President and Director, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Jeff Rudolph
President, California Science Center

Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:10 
Bill Hauck and Joanne Kozberg
Co-Chairs, California Performance Review Commission

Overview of California Performance Review
10:10 - 10:50  Recommendations
Chon Gutierrez
Co-Executive Director, California Performance Review
CPR Overview presentation

Susan Hogg, Mary Sandy and Kittie Williamson
California Performance Review
CPR Team Presentation

K-12 and Vocational Education Panel
10:50 - 11:50 
John D. Anderson
Superintendent of Schools, Imperial County 
President, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
Testimony (as submitted)

Jim Ashwanden
Executive Director, California Agricultural Teachers’ Association
Testimony (as submitted)

David W. Gordon
Superintendent, Sacramento County Office of Education
Testimony (as submitted)

William S. Lambert
Director, Government Relations, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
Testimony (as submitted)

James Lanich, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Just for the Kids - California
Testimony (as submitted)

David A. Sanchez
Vice President, California Teachers Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Barbara F. Smith
Retired Superintendent and Consultant, Capistrano Unified School District
Testimony (as submitted)

Lunch
11:50 - 12:35

Discussion of CPR Commissioner Report Process 
12:35 - 1:20

Higher Education Panel
1:20 - 2:20 
Peter W. Blackman
Administrative Vice Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles
Testimony (as submitted)

M.R.C. Greenwood
Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs, University of California
Testimony (as submitted)

Peter J. Landsberger, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District
Testimony (as submitted)

David M. Roth
Deputy to the President, Occidental College
Chairman, California Student Aid Commission
Testimony (as submitted)

Nancy Shulock, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, California State University, Sacramento
Testimony (as submitted)

David S. Spence, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, California State University
Testimony (as submitted)

David Viar
Chief Executive Officer, Community College League of California
Testimony (as submitted)

Volunteerism Panel
2:20 - 3:00
Nicholas Bollman 
Founder and President, California Center for Regional Leadership
Commissioner, California Service Corps
Testimony (as submitted)

M.R.C. Greenwood
Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs, University of California
Testimony (as submitted)

Elaine Ikeda, Ph.D.
Executive Director, California Campus Compact
Testimony (as submitted)

Nancy Peterson
Consultant, Service and Volunteerism
Testimony (as submitted)

David S. Spence, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, California State University
Testimony (as submitted)

Public Comment
3:00 - 5:00

Adjourn
5:00

Supplemental Testimony
(received as of 09/08/04)

Association of Conservationist Employees

Association for Extended Opportunity Programs and Services in California Community Colleges

Lou Obermeyer, Ed.D., District Superintendent, Atwater Elementary School District

California Association of Public Hospitals And Health Systems

Kevin Gordon, Executive Director, California Association of School Business Officials

Alex Alanis, Legislative Advocate, California Bankers Association

Ronald Johnston, Ph.D., President, California Coalition for Construction in the Classroom and Bruce W. Robeck, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, California Coalition for Construction in the Classroom

Janice Rhodd, Regional Director, California Community College Economic and Workforce Development Program

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Roger D. Morgan, Californians for Drug-Free Schools

Howard Welinsky, Chair California Postsecondary Education Commission

Allen Carden, Ph.D., Executive Director, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium

Cynthia Czuchaj

Richard Davies, President, Fleet Card Fuels

Bill Hollabaugh, President, Triple-A Council of California

Paul M. Alderete, Superintendent, Los Banos Unified School District

Deanna Hanson, CEO, Linking Education and Economic Development (LEED) - Sacramento

Joan D. Sortini, Executive Director, Merced County Arts Council, Inc.

Benjamin T.Duran, Ed.D., Superintendent/President, Merced Community College District

Alan Rasmussen, Ed.D., District Superintendent, Merced City School District

Marty Shindler, CEO, Medialinx

Ana Pagan, Director, Human Services Agency, Merced County

Hubert Walsh Jr., Mayor, City of Merced

Mark N. Pazin, Sheriff-Coroner, Merced County

Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, Chancellor, University of California, Merced

Andrea Baker, Director, Merced County Workforce Investment Department

Robert Donin, Public Relations and Government Relations Officer, Malibu Medical Reserve Corps

Kent S. Moore

Charles Strutt, Executive Director, Multi-State Lottery Association

Mary Leuhrsen, Public Affairs and Governmental Relations Director, NAMM, the International Music Products Association

Dale Mentink, Senior Attorney, Protection & Advocacy, Inc.

Alex Ricciardulli, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, 36th Assembly District

Daniel L. Walrath, Executive Director, California Small School Districts’ Association

Small School Districts' Association

University of California

Jelger Kalmijn, President, UPTE-CWA 9119

David Esmaili, Director West Valley College Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies

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