PPL, Inc. – Serving California Community Colleges Since 1978

PPL currently has four searches in progress. Specific information on these searches may be obtained on the College websites or by contacting the Principal Consultant for the search.

Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) One of the nine community colleges in the Los Angeles Community College Distrit. This campus is the oldest campus in the Los Angeles district serving the central downtown area. LATTC has led in innovation in career tehcnical education and collaborates closely with the Los Angeles City Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and other grants to provide for the employment needs of business and industry. Roland Chapdelaine, the current Preisdent will be retiring in June of 2013. Donald F. Averill serves as the Principal Consultant for the search and can be reached at 909-553-6085 or at his email at donaldfaverill@msn.com. This search is currently through the screening process and candidates are ready to forward to the Chancellor.

Palo Verde Community College District — Superintendent/President The Board of Trustees of the Palo Verde Community College District is seeking the next Superintendent/President of the college. Palo Verder College is a samll rural college in a unique farm belt adjacent to the Colorado River. The college in Blythe is a joint district in Riverside and San Bernrardino County covering the communities of Blythe and Needles. The main campus is in Blythe and a center is in Needles. The College has a seven member Board with five members representing Blythe and two members representing Needles. The primary industry of the district is farming supported by a unique irrigation distrct (PVID) that maintains a series of canals throughout the community. There are two prisons about twenty(20) miles out of town and the College serves the emplyees as well as working with the prisons to provide inmate education. The region is developing as one of the new centers of green energy with the major development of solar farms at various locations thoroughout the area. This is a wonderful opportunity for the person who wants to help a college grow to the next level of performance. The Principal Consultant for the search is Don Averill and he can be contacted at 909-553-6085 or emailed at donaldfaverill@msn.com. You can find information on this district at http://www.paloverde.edu and all applications must be submitted electronically. Go to the button on the web page for Presidential Search and it will provide you with the information and the forms to apply.

Antelope Valley CCD Seeks a Superintendent President Dr Jackie Fischer, Superintendent/President of Antelope Valley CCD will be retiring in June of 2013, and the district is seeking an entergetic and enthusiastic leader to guide the district in the future. The Antelope Valley CCD serves the communities of Palmdale and Lancaster in the high desert region of Los Angeles County. The college has its main campus in Lancaster and centers throughout the district. It has maintained collaborative community efforts and works with Edwards Air Force Base which is in its service area. This is a wonderful opportunity for leadership for the candidate that is ready to take on the challenge. Dean Colli is serving as the Principal Consultant for this search and he is being assisted by Lisa Sugimoto. You can reach Dean at 619-517-6133 or email him at dcc@san.rr.com. Lisa Sugimoto can be contacted at 562-972-8983 or emailed at lisasugimoto@yahoo.com Information on the opening will be posted on the college webpage at http://www.avc.edu.

Napa Valley CCD is seeking a Superintendent/President The Board of Trustees is seeking a Superintendent/President who will be available in July of 2013. Napa College is located in the prestigious wine country of Northern California and provides for comprehensive community college programs throughout the county. This district provides comprehensive offerings for the educational needs of the entire community and will have an opportunity for the qualified candidate to work in a wonderful environment with talented faculty staff and students to move the college forward in the future. Guy Lease is serving as the Principal Consultant on this search and he can be contacted at 530-307-9765 or email at guy.lease@gmail.com Guy is being assisted by Ben Buran and he can be contacted at 209-761-0534 or email to durangroup4@yahoo.com. Information about the college and application process are available on the college webpage at http://www.napavalley.edu.

CEO Openings 2012 – 2013
The report for February 2012 is available. Open the link above.

PPL continues to seek out new associates who can serve as interim executives or provide consulting services. New associates this year include:

Kate Clark, who has worked with Don Averill on several accreditation projects for the last three years and provides a unique focus on working with academic senates as districts address sanctions.

Phil Hartley, who is working with Robert Griffin in the areas of Educational Master Planning.

PPL Has moved associates to Senior Associates in working to serve our clients. Please welcome aboard the following new Senior Associates:

Matthew Lee, who has a strong history of working with colleges on sanction for accreditation. Matthew will be working as a lead in increasing the Accreditation work and other consulting opportunities.

Lisa Sugimoto, will be assisting in executive searches and asssist in providing support for community college foundations, among other services in Southern California

Benjamin Duran, Will be assisting the team in northern California on searches and contract development.

PPL has reorganized its officers and added new owners to the corporation following the death of Grace Mitchell, who served as president the last two years replacing Jack Bessire. Grace provided new focus to the company by improving the marketing effort, changing the newsletter and putting new branding on the company.  Under her leadership, PPL expanded its consulting efforts and is now increasing its share of the community college executive search business. The Board of Directors of PPL named new officers at its annual spring meeting with the following changes:

Don Averill, now President, has served as the Vice President for Southern California Services and coordinated PPL business in the southern part of the state. Don will now take on the President duties and serve as the Chairman of the Board.

Guy Lease, now Executive Vice President, will continue in his role as the Chief Financial Officer of PPL and will handle contracts and billings for our clients and associates.

Dean Colli, now Vice President, will assume the leadership for Southern California Services and serve as the Secretary to the Board.

Carl Ehmann will continue to provide the leadership and marketing efforts as Vice President for Northern California Services.

Robert Griffin, now Vice President, has been assisting with marketing in the north and will provide the new leadership to the company in Educational Master Planning and Strategic Planning as PPL expands the consulting arm of the company.

Dean Colli and Robert Griffin have served as Senior Associates and Directors of PPL, with Dean Colli assisting Don Averill in providing services to southern California and Robert Griffin assisting Carl Ehmann in providing services to northern California.  PPL has expanded its services in executive searches and consulting due to their efforts.  The new owners will be Vice Presidents in the company and members of the Board of Directors.