The Golden West College Foundation The Golden West College Foundation was organized in 1985 to solicit and manage gifts to benefit the college and its students. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting the College’s mission of providing comprehensive academic opportunities to the community for lifelong learning. A board of directors, who provides the leadership and direction for the organization’s operation, manages the Foundation. The Foundation has grown steadily since 1985 with assets over $1,900,000. This has been accomplished through donations of cash, bequests and grants from individuals and businesses. The Foundation has provided over $2,200,000 in scholarships to Golden West College students. In addition to cash assets, the Foundation annually receives donated equipment and supplies that represent thousands of dollars in gifts in-kind. The primary focus of the Foundation Board of Directors is working toward building support for college-wide needs. To nurture groups who have special interests in supporting Golden West College, the Foundation provides staff support and direction to three auxiliaries. Each auxiliary is managed by its own board and officers, requiring membership dues for operational expenses. Report from the Foundation Chairman Bob Polentz The Golden West Foundation again participated in the Scholarship and Awards Ceremony held in May by awarding scholarships to over 200 students. Since 1989, the Foundation has awarded over $2,200,000 to deserving students. This has been extremely gratifying to the Foundation as the awarding of scholarships is a direct contributor to the enhancement of student success at Golden West College. On Saturday, March 12, the Foundation held its eighth annual major successful fundraiser, the “Golden West College Gala.” We are happy to report that we raised approximately $142,000—a new record. The proceeds funded the Foundation’s Wish List Program and the Foundation’s Endowed Scholarships. We particularly want to thank Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Elmore Toyota and Union Bank of California as major sponsors and all the other underwriters who gave so generously to this event. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Gala Committee and its co-chairs Emilee Young and Charla Kabana as well as the community at large for continuing to support this very important event for the college. We look forward to continued success at our ninth Gala scheduled for March 25, 2006. Our 14th Annual Courtyard of Honor Ceremony was celebrated last October. We had four Pillars of Support ($25,000+) including the Brunilda “Bruni” L. Cronk Pillar, Rita Simonton Pillar, St. Joseph Hospital Pillar and the Waltmar Foundation Pillar. The donor wall was increased by 50 donor names, with five in the Golden Society ($10,000+) category. Four outstanding GWC alumni were honored as Alumni Pillar of Achievement recipients. Since the inception of this awards program in 1991, 70 alumni have been honored. As we look to 2006, we want to express our collective gratitude for the continued participation and leadership of the Foundation Board members whose continued commitment and participation is critical to the overall success of the Foundation’s mission. The Foundation’s objectives for 2006 include expanding Board membership and continuing a high level of participation from our members while seeking fresh ideas for new fund raising opportunities and expansion of existing programs. This year has continued to be relatively challenging from an investment perspective with the market basically performing in a relatively narrow range. Under the guidance of the Investment Committee and its chairman, Doug Fabian, we have exercised a high degree of conservatism relative to our investments during the past year and will continue to exercise prudence in our efforts to increase the value of the portfolio. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Fabian Investment Resources and Spectrum Asset Management for their continued support and guidance on a volunteer basis. In January it was a great pleasure that we welcomed Wes Bryan as Golden West College’s new President to the Foundation membership. We look forward to many years working with Wes to develop new initiatives and continue existing successful programs. In closing, I would like to personally thank the Foundation Board of Directors and those who have provided advice, counsel, professional guidance, financial support and personal time to the Board during the past year. It is not often that I have had the unique opportunity to work with such a dedicated group, and I look forward to the upcoming year in which we will work as a team towards the goal of enhancing student success at Golden West College. Robert Polentz, Chairman Golden West College Foundation Golden West College Foundation Board of Directors 2005 Bonnie Castrey Mediator/Arbitrator 2006 Mary Botticella CEO, Huntington Beach Hospital Theodore Coutsoftides, MD Surgeon Nancy Davies Vice President, Retail Market Division, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Judy Elmore President, Elmore Toyota John McGovern Senior Vice President, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (Ret.) Norah Morrison, CFP/JD Attorney at Law Harold Pazanti President/CEO Pazanti Home Mortgage Corporation Robert Polentz Aqua-Flo, LLC Donald Testa, DDS, JD Surgeon, Attorney at Law 2007 Jerry Dominguez Region Manager, Southern California Edison Douglas Fabian President, Fabian Wealth Strategies/Making Money with Doug Fabian Steve Olmsted Partner, Accetta and Olmsted, Accountancy Corporation Cheryl Tittle Classified Representative Mai-Ying Woo, Ph.D. Faculty Representative Emilee Young, Ed.D. Partner, Robertson Young Consulting GWC Ex-Officio Wes Bryan President, Golden West College Margie Bunten Director, Public Relations & Institutional Advancement (non-voting) Janet Houlihan Vice President, Administrative Services Presidential Designees Louise Comer Director, Fiscal Services Monica Pombo ASGWC Representative Emeritus Mary Boyce Simpson Executive Board Robert Polentz Chairman Judy Elmore President Steve Olmsted Treasurer Wes Bryan President, GWC Margie Bunten Executive Secretary Coast Community College District Board of Trustees George Brown • Walter G. Howald • Mary L. Hornbuckle Jerry Patterson • Armando Ruiz Carlos Muñoz, student trustee Kenneth D. Yglesias, Ed.D., Chancellor Message from Golden West College President, Wes Bryan Golden West is preparing to celebrate 40 years of service to our community in September 2006. Forty years of class offerings, registration lines, graduation, and giving students chances to return to school for continuing education and professional improvement. In preparation for this celebration, we will compile an impressive set of statistics and recount many of our fine accomplishments. Looking back to our past will be fun; however, this report focuses more on the future than the past. After all, a Foundation that spends over a quarter of a million dollars per year of its bequests on student scholarships is really about building futures. I wish you could have been with me as I listened to the stories of five or six students who have benefited from the help you so generously provided. It was so very important for them to have the opportunity to come back to college, even with young children in tow, because they understood that a degree or certificate will make a significant difference in their lives. I am proud to be associated with a Foundation Board that understands the importance of educational opportunities and donates their time and energy to help expand them for students in need. This is why I have made it a high priority to aid in the expansion of our Foundation Board and increase our donors and scholarships. I hope as you review this report you will consider involving yourself to a greater degree in the projects that our campus community sponsors. Without your support, the college could not begin to offer the scholarships and programs which provide our students with so many avenues to success. I am excited to be on this Board as we make plans together to ensure that the next 40 years will be as bright as the last. President, Golden West College GWC is “Thawing Out” After several years of severe budget cutbacks and hiring in record numbers, this infusion of new faces and energy will freezes, GWC is back in motion. Funds have been allocated to allow GWC to continue its tradition of quality instruction and fill over 45 essential faculty, staff, and administrative positions excellence in service for students in order to meet and exceed for the fall semester alone. As long-time faculty and staff retire the challenges ahead. Some of the new faces at GWC... Margot Bowlby, Social Science Instructor Pete Bouzar, Math Instructor Karen Dickerson, Counselor Kathryn Sciabica, Biology Instructor What’s New at GWC? New Student Center The newly renovated Student Center has transformed with vivid colors and a range of textures in furnishings and surface treatments. This space is user friendly for students, faculty, and staff with many updated features such as: dropped lighting, mobile furniture, study booths, flat screen TV, sofas, and an elevated stage area. This center provides not only a comfortable eating and studying environment, but it also caters to the relief of stress with its new separate game room. This room is complete with two pool tables and the latest and greatest in video games. There is also a new information booth inside the center. Manned by students for students, the attendants are able to provide answers