DR. CHRIS CRUZ-BOONE
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 Leadership 

Dr. Chris Cruz-Boone has been teaching full-time in higher education since 2006 and has been a speaker at dozens of professional education conferences. In the 2019-2020 school year, she was accepted as a Stanford University Community College EPIC fellow. In 2023, she was selected as the Higher Educator of the Year by the California Teacher Association.  

She served on the statewide Board of Directors of the California Faculty Association from 2012-2017.  In 2013, she was elected as a delegate to the California Teachers Association general assembly and was elected five more consecutive years and was appointed to the CTA Early Childhood committee.  In 2016, she was an appointed delegate to both the International Convention for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and National Education Association (NEA).  From 2020-2022, she served as the Director to Area D to the California Community College Association statewide board.  In 2021, Dr. Chris Cruz-Boone was elected as a delegate to the California ADEM for Assembly District 34.   In November of 2020, she successfully unseated the incumbent and was elected Trustee of Area 3 Bakersfield City School District. In 2022, she was elected as the President of the Bakersfield City School District School Board.  

COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP (Bakersfield Community College)
2019-present      Course Lead, Communication B8: Small Group Communication
2019-2021            Course Lead, Communication B5: Argumentation & Debate
2019/20/21/23  Adjunct Hiring Committee 
2018-2022            Faculty Mentor, Communication Early College/ Dual Enrollment  

​DISTRICT & CAMPUS LEADERSHIP (Kern Community College District) 
2024-2025       Faculty Mentor, KCCD (Kern Community College) Diversity Fellowship 
2023-2024       Faculty Chair, Bakersfield College American Disabilities Act (ADA) & Accessibility Taskforce 

2022-2024       KCCD American Disabilities Act (ADA) & Accessibility Committee 
Sp 2023            ASCCC Representative, Bakersfield College Academic Senate Executive Board  
2022-2025       KCCD TALE Blog Editorial team 
2020-2022      Communication Faculty Representative, Academic Senate 
Fall 2022          Bakersfield College Campus OER Liaison to Academic Senate of California Community Colleges 
2021-2022       Communication Faculty Representative, Academic Senate 
2022                KCCD Adjunct Hiring Training Team  

2022                KCCD Faculty Leadership Inaugural Cohort, Adult Education  
2022                Faculty Mentor, Bakersfield College Dual Enrollment Leadership Group  
2020-2021       Communication Faculty Representative, Assessment Committee 

Fall 2019          Organizer, Gandhi Legacy Debate Intramural at Bakersfield College Delano           
Fall 2019          Organizer, Gandhi Legacy Public Speaking Speech Intramural at Bakersfield College Delano    
2019                 Organizing Committee, Bakersfield College Health and Social Justice Hackathon
Sp 2019            Organizer, Public Speaking Speech Intramural at Bakersfield College Delano                        
2018                 Organizing Committee, Bakersfield College Health and Social Justice Hackathon    
2017-2019        Fellow, Faculty National Endowment of Humanities Social Justice Institute Bakersfield College
2018-2020       Faculty Representative, Bakersfield College Dual Enrollment & Early College & Rural Initiative
2017-2022        Faculty Representative, Bakersfield College Rural Initiative Workgroup                                          
 
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP (California State University, Bakersfield)
2022- present   Member, Advisory Committee Doctoral Program Education Leadership, CSU Bakersfield 
2016-2017          Academic Senator, CSU, Bakersfield Academic Senate                                                                    

2010-2017         Dep. Assessment, Department of Communications, CSU Bakersfield 
2015-present    Dissertation Committee Member, CSU, Bakersfield Educational Leadership Doctoral Program 
2006-2017         Reviewer, California State University, Bakersfield A1 Waiver Committee                                        
2009-2017          Lecturer Representative, California Faculty Association, Bakersfield Executive Committee                2010-2011          Faculty Mentor, California State Univ., Bakersfield Teaching Learning Center  

KERN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP 
2020-present      Trustee, Bakersfield City School District
2020- present     Member, Kern County School Board Association
2018-2025       Volunteer Judge, Kern County Academic Decathlon
2000-2025      Volunteer Judge, Kern Regional Forensics League                        
 
STATE LEADERSHIP
2024                  Inaugural Cohort, School Board Candidate Cohort California DT
2023-2025  Secretary, Latinx caucus Academic Senate California Community Colleges ​
Sp 2023            Bakersfield College Representative, Academic Senate California Community Colleges 
2022-present  Member, California School Board Association (CSBA) Latino caucus
2020-present  Member, California School Board Association  (CSBA)
2020-2022       Director District D, Board of Directors California Community College Association  
2020-2022       Communication Committee, 
Board of Directors California Community College Association  
2020                 Reviewer, Academic Senate California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources 
2016                   Organizing Committee, 17th Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Symposium                        
2013-2017          Delegate to Statewide Assembly, California Teacher Association (CTA)                                         
2014-2017          Education lobbyist volunteer, California State University- Lobby Days at Sacramento Capitol
2012-2017          Southern California Lecturer Representative, Board of Directors, California Faculty Association

2012-2017          Secretary, Lecturers’ Council, California Faculty Association (CFA)                                    
 
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
2022                 California Rep, National Education Association Higher Ed. Conference Baltimore, MD 3/16-20/22
2021-present Member, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) 
2020-present Member, National School Board Association (NSBA)
2016                 Delegate to Representative Assembly, National Education Association (NEA)                                
2016                 Delegate to International Convention, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)                    
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