PRESIDENT , VANGUARD UNIVERSITY
WHY:10th president of Costa Mesa school; OC’s first four-year college. Since coming aboard in 2013, overseeing major expansion near OC fairgrounds campus as part of the school’s master plan to increase enrollment. Counts about 2,100 students, and over 30,000 alumni. I
IN THE NEWS:Vanguard unveiled the Patty Arvielo School of Business and Management with a ceremony on campus in April. Vanguard is now home to the first business school in the country to be named after a Latina. New American Funding founders made largest-ever donation to school.
QUOTABLE: “This kind of gift and this kind of partnership provides two things that are perfect for a university—resources and a role model.”
