Ms. Ann H. Ransford
Ann Ransford knows from personal experience the important role community colleges
play in providing education. She credits attendance at Oakland City College with her
success. She went on to earn a BS from San Jose State University and a MA from Pacific
Oaks College.
In 2006 she retired after a 36-year career at Glendale Community College as the Director
of Communications, Marketing and Foundation.
Ms. Ransford has shared her skill, as a consultant, with local organizations and community
college foundations across the state and nation in the areas of fund raising, marketing
and long range planning.
On May 2017 Ann Ransford was elected president of the California Community College
League, CCCT (California Community College Trustees) board. The CCCT has a 21-member
board elected by the 72 local community college district governing boards. In this
position there is opportunity to advocate for policy and resources for GCC students.
She also serves on the California Community College Chancellor’s Advisory Committee
on Guided Pathways, the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), an organization
dedicated to identify, prevent and resolve financial and operational challenges by
providing management and professional development for California’s K-14 educational
agencies, and the Community College League of California’s Taskforce focused on the
Student Centered Funding Formula.
She is and has been an active participant in the greater Glendale community as a member
of the executive board of the YMCA, YWCA, Glendale Chamber of Commerce, Glendale Rotary,
Temple Sinai, Glendale Rose Float Association, Glendale Association for the Retarded,
Greater Glendale Committee on Aging, Career Encores and Life Services, Inc. She also
served a 6-year term, including chair, on the City of Glendale Parks, Recreation and
Community Services Commission. Ann was honored in 2007 with the Citizen of the Year
Award from the Glendale Association of Realtors and in 2009, the J. Walter Smith Award
presented by the Glendale College Alumni Association, Liberty Bell Award present by
the Glendale Bar Association, Special Chair's Recognition from the City of Glendale
Commission on the Status of Women and a Women Achiever Award presented by Business
Life Magazine.
Ms. Ann Ransford to served as Board President in 2022-2023.
Ms. Ransford’s present term is June 2022 – June 2026. She resides in Area 2.
