Dr. Jeanie Nishime served for 39 years as a California Community College educator. She began her career as a classified employee in the EOPS office at Fullerton College before becoming a counselor at the college. She went on to serve in administrative roles at Riverside CC and Pasadena CC. She retired in 2017 after ten years as the Vice President for Student and Community Advancement at El Camino College.
Dr. Nishime is committed to serving and giving back to her community. She ran for and was elected to the El Segundo Unified School District Board of Education in 2011. She retired from the board in 2020 after serving as its president and leading the district during a difficult year of calls for more diversity in hiring at the district, school closures, distance and hybrid education.
Dr. Nishime was born and raised in Japan but educated in English in DoD schools. She emigrated to California to attend college. She received her BS in Psychology from Point Loma College, MS in Educational Counseling and Career Development from CSU Long Beach and Ed.D. In Institutional Management from Pepperdine University. She has been a consultant with PPL since 2018 participating in searches at Porterville, Ventura, Irvine Valley, South Orange County, Rancho Santiago, LA Pierce and Citrus Colleges. She has also assisted in searches at Victor Valley College and LA Valley College.