Judy Strattan

(Term ends 2010)

Judy Strattan joined the MiraCosta College Board of Trustees on December 5, 2006.  Judy’s approach to working with the community, Board colleagues, and campus constituents is consistent, honest, accessible, and collaborative. 

Judy earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of San Diego.  She served MiraCosta College from 1978 to 1987 as dean of students; Columbia College, 1987-1993 as vice-president of student services; and Barstow College, 1993-1997 as president/superintendent.  Judy spent fifteen years in teaching and administration at the university and community-college levels in Illinois.

Judy believes in giving back time and energy to the communities in which one lives.  She has served as a city council member in Elgin, Illinois, and as a member of the County Criminal Justice Commission. She has also served on women’s center advisory councils, small business and economic development councils, college foundations, health alliance committees, and homeowner’s association boards.  

Judy has also shown leadership through her participation in the Association of California Community College Administrators Association, Higher Education Consortium of Central California Articulation and Transfer Council, Vocational Guidance and Counseling Advisory Committee for the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.