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) 2024-present Department Representative, Credit for Prior Learning Taskforce 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-present 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 2022-2024 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 2018-2023 Volunteer Judge, Kern County Academic Decathlon 2000-2023 Volunteer Judge, Kern Regional Forensics League STATE LEADERSHIP 2024 Inaugural Cohort, School Board Candidate Cohort California DT 2023-present 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)
