The Southwestern College (SWC) Foundation was established as a separate private nonprofit corporation in 1982 to solicit and receive real and personal property from public agencies, individuals or estates, and to manage, invest and/or distribute such real and personal property for the promotion of educational services, programs, and facilities at Southwestern College and/or within the Southwestern Community College District.

Southwestern College Foundation funds are primarily used to award student scholarships, sponsor campus activities, and build the College’s endowment.

The SWC Foundation Directors are goodwill ambassadors for the College, giving of their time, talent, and treasure. Members are elected to serve three-year terms and officers are elected on an annual basis.

Officers

Chair–Joseph Martinez II
Seltzer, Caplan, McMahon, Vitek
Vice Chair - Daniel Guillen
International Private Wealth Advisors
Secretary – Kathy Tyner
Retired, Community Leader
Treasurer – Sally Preston
Retired, Community Leader
Past Chair- Gustavo Perez
Ernst & Young
Kristine Galicia Brown – Ex-Officio Advisor
Governing Board Vice President, Southwestern Community College District
Mark Sanchez, Ed.D. – Ex-Officio Advisor
Superintendent/President, Southwestern College

Board of Directors

Melyn Acasio
Neighborhood National Bank
Jeffrey Bettger
Coldwell Banker West
LaShunna Davidson
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Mora de Murguia
Baldwin & Sons
Patti Finnegan
Niederfrank's Ice Cream
Carlos Gomez
Prime Capital Equities
Ben Green
Green & Green, LLP
Susan Guerra
Chesnut Properties
JC Hurtado-Prater
The Blue Group Consulting
Lisa Johnson
NTC Foundation
Ricardo A. Macedo
Banner Bank
Kevin Marshall
Copy Link Inc.
Karmin Noar
Biocom California Institute
Carra Rhamy
San Diego City Attorney's Office
Ricardo Ruffo
Mission Federal Credit Union
Mauricio Torre
SBCS
Halé Richardson
HomeFed
Richard Yumul
Sagetree

Executive Director

Sofia Salgado Robitaille
Southwestern College