By Daily Press staff
Veteran Santa Monica College Trustee Carole Currey has been chosen as the recipient of the 2006 Pacific Region Trustee Leadership Award from the national Association of Community College Trustees.
Currey is one of five community college trustees nationally to be selected for a regional award. The regional winners are nominees for the national M. Dale Ensign Trustee Leadership Award.
In their nomination of Currey for the award, SMC trustees noted that Currey has “steered the college through tumultuous periods that have included budget crises, a devastating earthquake and two presidential transitions. Under her leadership, SMC has developed into one of the finest community colleges in the state, if not the nation, boasting the highest transfer rate to the University of California, USC and other four-year institutions, thriving and ever-evolving professional training programs, and a host of innovations that have been copied throughout the state.”
Trustees also noted Currey’s long involvement in state community college organizations and work as a host of Santa Monica-area community groups. Currey is a member of the Santa Monica Historical Society Museum Board of Directors and she served many years on the Advisory Board of Family Service of Santa Monica. She is also a member of the National Women’s Political Caucus and the League of Women Voters.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 31, 2006. Read the original PDF.