Larry Galizio

Larry Galizio has served as the President & CEO of the Community College League of California since 2015. Dr. Galizio earned his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, a Masters from San Francisco State, and his doctorate from the School of Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University. Prior to becoming League CEO, Dr. Galizio served 5 years as President of Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon. Before that, Dr. Galizio was the Director for Strategic Planning in the Chancellor’s Office for the Oregon University System, as well as Director of Speech & Debate and Full-Time faculty member at Portland Community College for 16 years. Dr. Galizio is co-author of the textbook: Elements of Parliamentary Debate: A Guide to Public Argument, and of the first comprehensive and contemporary history of California Community Colleges: A College for All Californians: A History of the California Community Colleges. In 2004, Dr. Galizio was elected to the Oregon Legislative Assembly where he served 3 terms – including stints as Chair of the Ways & Means Education Committee responsible for all of the public education budgets in the State.

Sarah Kiesling

Sarah Kiesling joined the League in 2002 as a parttime Fiscal Clerk. During this time, Sarah was completing her AS in Business from Sacramento City College, where she graduate in 2005.  She graduated from Sacramento State University in 2007 with a double major, Bachelor of Finance and Risk Management and Insurance. In 2008 Sarah joined the League fulltime as the Assistant Director of Fiscal Services. After getting married in 2009 and having a beautiful daughter in 2011, Sarah decided to continue her education.  She graduated in 2014 with her Master of Accountancy from National University. Sarah became the League Finance Director in 2016 to early 2019, where she than became the League Chief Financial Officer.  She oversees the financial actions of the organization, relating to cash flow, financial planning, taxation, and more.   She is currently pursuing her CMA license, with anticipated completion in 2023.

Carmen Sandoval

Carmen Sandoval joined the League in 2008. She currently serves as the Director of Education Services and Leadership Development. In this role, Ms. Sandoval plans, implements, and coordinates the education and leadership development activities of the League. She oversees the Excellence in Trusteeship Program, the CEO Strategic Leadership Program, as well as the Aspiring CEO Program, and has been instrumental in developing new programs with the ACES and CSLP Advisory Committees.

She began her career in the community college system as a work study student at El Camino College. As a first generation American and college student, she completed an MBA in General Management from CSU Dominguez Hills, a BA in Communications emphasis Public Relations with an Economic Minor from Chapman University, and an AA in Liberal Arts from Marymount College.

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.

Andrew Martinez

Andrew Martinez serves as the Director of Government Relations for the League since May of 2020. As the Director, Andrew is responsible for budget and policy analysis, strategy development, and engaging the legislature and administration on issues critical to the community colleges. 

Prior to joining the League, Andrew served as a Senior Legislative Advocate for the California State University (CSU) System. In that capacity, he was the lead advocate before the state legislature on numerous policy issues for the system, including labor relations, contracts, student affairs, public safety, auxiliaries and foundations, and athletics.

Before joining the CSU, Andrew Martinez worked in the State Capitol for more than a decade. During his time in the legislature, he has worked for two Speakers of the State Assembly and the Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Mr. Martinez is a graduate of California State University Fresno and Moorpark Community College.

Laura Murrell

In 2017, Laura joined the League as the Communications Manager. Currently, as the Director of Communications she manages, oversees and coordinates all aspects of the association’s external communications. She brings over 8 years of experience as a communications and marketing professional to the position. In this role, Ms. Murrell is responsible for overseeing the association’s website, member management software, design and production of digital and printed materials, social media, and marketing for all association events. Prior to her time at the League, she worked at KP Public Affairs as a Public Relations Specialist.

Jimmy Madrigal

Jimmy has been the Manager of Meeting and Events for the League since November 2018. He came to the League after over 15 years in the hotel and hospitality industry, bringing a desire to provide the most informative and fun-filled events to the organizations extensive calendar. Outside of work, Jimmy has many passions including playing & coaching various sports, outdoor events such as camping and watching LA Dodger Baseball.  More than anything Jimmy loves spending time with his family and especially his three kids.