2008 Outstanding Colleagues

(l. to r.) CC Sadler, Scott Fraser, Meena Singhal and Lizbeth Alvarez were recognized at Commencement for their service to LBCC.

Lori Brault

In June, Alumna and Foundation Governor, Lori Brault (r.) received the Making Democracy Work  Award from Phyllis O'Connor Pres Long Beach League of Women Voters celebrating women who have improved our community through leadership on civic issues.

Commencement

Foundation Governor, Mark Curtis was the Alumni representative at Commencement. He had the honor of presenting his daughter, Sarah Curtis Harris with her diploma. Sarah represents the 3rd generation of LBCC grads.

(l. to r.) Mark Curtis, Foundation President Ken Velten, LBCC Trustee and alumnus Tom Clark and Ginny Baxter.

John Malveaux

John has been a stalwart Alumnus, supporting LBCC through the Long Beach Central Association Scholarship. He was recently recognized for his efforts to draw attention to “a lost and mysteriously absent piece of classical music back into the American Oeuvre.” On June 13 the “Bicentennial Symphony, composed by Roy Harris and which debuted at the Kennedy Center 33 years ago, was performed at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park by a freelance orchestra and chorale. Malveaux was responsible for bringing this wonderful composition, which was endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, a Federal Agency. The reception was catered by LBCC Culinary Arts students.

Dr. Connie Mitchell

Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH is a recognized expert on health and domestic violence for her work as an educator, writer and leader in health policy and system change. She entered Long Beach City College in 1971 and later transferred to California Sate University Long Beach to complete her Bachelor's degree. Her medical degree is from Michigan State University; her residency was in Emergency Medicine in Chicago; and her Masters in Public Health is from UCLA.

During her tenure as faculty at the University of California Davis, she served as the Director of Domestic Violence Education for a California-legislated health education program; developed a standardized curriculum for the State; and authored California's clinical Guidelines for the Health Care of Intimate Partner Violence. She recently chaired the AMA National Advisory Council on Violence and Abuse and now serves as a founding board member of the Academy on Violence and Abuse and a current board member of Physicians for Reproductive Health. Her new textbook, Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective, was published by Oxford University Press early in 2009. She recently donated this text to the LBCC library to be used as a reference particularly to students in the RN and LVN programs. The Library/Learning Resources Associates purchased a copy for the Pacific Coast Campus library.

Dr. Mitchell currently works in policy development at the California Department of Public Health in the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division. She serves as volunteer faculty in the School of Medicine at the University of California Davis and continues to teach and write about the health impact of intimate partner violence. She has been married for 26 years to David Tai, an orthopedic surgeon, and they have two sons attending California universities.