GEORGIA L. MERCER

Georgia L. Mercer has served on the LACCD Board of Trustees since 1998. She has served twice as Board President and three times as Vice President. 

Ms. Mercer is currently President of the statewide board of California Community College Trustees (CCCT), having been first elected by her statewide colleagues in 2002. Additionally, she serves on the Implementation Oversight Committee for the State Chancellor’s Strategic Plan.

Ms. Mercer earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education at California State University, Los Angeles. She attended the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management Executive Program, was an instructor of Group Counseling for Women at UCLA, and taught at Danube Avenue Elementary School.

Before becoming a member of the Board of Trustees, Ms. Mercer served as Mayor Richard Riordan’s representative to the West San Fernando Valley and the citywide Women’s Community and Jewish Community. Previously, she was Director of Public Affairs and Communications for Planned Parenthood/Los Angeles.

In addition to her service as a college trustee, Ms. Mercer serves on the Advisory Boards of Careers In Culinary Arts LA (C-CAP/LA), the Valley Trauma Center and the Women’s Political Committee.

Previous community involvements include: Foundation Board of California State University, Northridge, Founding President of the New Reform Congregation, Board of Directors and Foundation President of Valley Presbyterian Hospital, President of the Juvenile Justice Connection Project, President of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, Member of the California Task Force on Civil Rights, and Member of the State Advisory Committee on School Finance Equalization.

Ms. Mercer and her husband David have a son, Steven, daughter-in-law Nina, and grandson Joshua.

September 2009