Dr. Galizio chats with Santa Rosa Junior College President/Superintendent Frank Chong about his life experience as an American-Born Chinese from New York City growing up during the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Chong shares his journey to becoming a college president and talks about his background in politics and tenure as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. Department of Education under the Obama Administration. He also discusses the importance of Asian Americans being represented in higher education administration and why it matters.

Dr. Galizio speaks with El Camino College Trustee Ken Brown about his time at Morehouse College and how he landed his engineering position at Northrop Grumman. Trustee Brown talks about social justice and shares his take on CEO and board relations.

For the first episode of the Leading Community Colleges in California Podcast, Dr. Galizio interviews Constance Carroll, Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District. Dr. Carroll has over 40 years of experience in higher education leadership and is a state and national advocate for the community college baccalaureate degree.