The Board of Trustees is pleased to provide an update on the search for the next Superintendent/President of the Río Hondo Community College District. Over the past several weeks, the College community has engaged in public forums, surveys, and committee meetings to share input on the opportunities, challenges, and qualities desired in the District’s next leader.
With this feedback, the Superintendent/President Profile has been developed and formally approved by the Board of Trustees. Recruitment is now underway, with information available both locally and nationally. Full details of the process are available in Progress Report #3.
Mission Statement
Río Hondo College is an educational and community partner committed to advancing social justice and equity as an anti-racist institution that collectively invests in all students’ academic and career pathways that lead to attainment of degree, certificate, transfer, and lifelong-learning goals.
Vision Statement
Río Hondo College aspires to be an evolving community-focused institution that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as a means to achieve personal, professional, and educational goals in an environment of excellence and caring.
(Board Reviewed 5/14/2025)
Values Statement
Río Hondo College is guided by its Core Values:
- Quality Teaching and Learning: a dynamic, student-centered learning environment that embraces equity-minded principles,
- Student Access and Success: a welcoming and inclusive environment that provides our community with the knowledge, wisdom, and skills that facilitate upward social and economic mobility,
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility: a commitment to advancing educational justice, equity, and opportunity,
- Integrity and Fiscal Responsibility: a College engaged in ethical practices and responsible use of resources for the optimum benefit of its students, community, and staff.
(Board Reviewed 5/14/2025)
If you have any questions or suggestions, or would like to make a confidential inquiry, please contact:
- Cecilia Cervantes, Ph.D., ACCT Search Consultant, [email protected], or (651) 795-1992 (cell)
- Reneé Gallegos, Search Liaison, Río Hondo College, [email protected], (562) 463-7271 (office)