Agnes Lupa

Agnes joined the League in November of 2016 and brings a strong desire to work on behalf of community colleges where service is central to the mission of the work. She currently serves as the League's Senior Executive Assistant. In this role she supports the League’s CEO, the two policy boards, California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board, the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC) Board, and the League’s operational board, the League Board of Directors. She previously worked at the Santa Monica College (SMC) Foundation as their Operations & Project Manager. Agnes is a native of Poland and a UC Davis alumnus.

Deborah Adkins

Deborah Adkins joined the Community College League of California as a temporary employee in February 2016, in the Fiscal Department as the Accounts Receivable Specialist.  In July of 2016 Deborah was hired as a permanent employee.  Deborah also supports the CFO in various duties, including audits, Library Services, supporting Fiscal Agent responsibilities and Caucus support. Additional duties include the property management of 2017 O Street.  Deborah comes from a background in Banking and Property Management. Deborah has held several positions on the Boards of various Homeowners Associations, and briefly sat on the Future Foundation Board.

Jane Wright

Dr. Jane B. Wright is the Director, Policy and Procedure Services for the Community College League of California (League).  She manages the California Policy & Procedure Subscription Service, the Federally-Compliant Policy Program with policy/procedure sample documents applicable to community colleges in the other 49 states, and the Annual Executive Assistants Workshop (EAW).  She has been a full-time employee of the League since January 2019 and coordinated the Policy & Procedure Service as a consultant for the League from 2004 - 2018.  She has presented sessions at the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) national conferences in 2019 and 2021 and conducted numerous workshops at California and Oregon community college conferences.

Dr. Wright has also worked individually with 30 community college districts (including ten multi-college districts and 20 single college districts) on updating/revising their board policies and administrative procedures for legal compliance and to prepare for accreditation visits.

She graduated from Oregon State University’s Community College Leadership doctoral program in 2002.  Her dissertation titled “Baldrige Educational Quality Criteria as Another Model for Accreditation in American Community Colleges” used both qualitative and quantitative measures and included a nationwide sample of 202 community college leaders who were currently using quality principles and processes on their campuses.  A total of 34 community colleges from 15 states were included in her doctoral dissertation study.

In addition, Dr. Wright holds a Master’s of Science Degree in School Counseling (with an emphasis on Community College Counseling) from the University of La Verne, a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Psychology with special emphasis in Business Management from the University of California at Irvine (U.C.I.), and completed graduate level coursework in the Teacher Education Program at California State Polytechnic University, (Cal Poly) Pomona.  She also took summer term courses at Mt. San Antonio Community College (Mt. SAC).  Thus, she completed coursework at all four segments of higher education in California as well as an out-of-state university.

Dr. Wright also served as an affiliate faculty member for Oregon State University’s College of Education from July 2010 – December 2014.  In this capacity, she served as a faculty member on doctoral dissertation committees for student candidates.

From 1987 to 2003, Dr. Wright held several managerial leadership positions at Mt. SAC including Accreditation Liaison Officer, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Director of School and College Relations.  Her areas of responsibility included:  accreditation, marketing, media relations, special event planning, disaster/emergency preparedness, and quality improvement.  She also served on five accreditation visiting teams.

Rina Kasim

Rina first set foot in the O Street Building in the Fall of 2007 and started working as an intern for the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). She then became a full-time Executive Assistant to the CEO in 2008. Ten years later, Rina joined the League as Member Resources Associate. Her job responsibilities include providing administrative support to the Government Relations team, creating/editing slide presentations and videos for League events, and assisting the caucuses and CCCT Endorsement Committee for the ACCT election process.

Rina will probably never be an expert in cooking or gardening, however, she enjoys traveling, camping, and hiking.