Mr. Godin has served as the District Budget Manager and Vice President for Norco College and most recently Vice President for Riverside City College. Additionally, he held community college chief business officer positions in New York and Arizona.

M.B.A. & B.S. in Business Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and A.A.S. in Accounting from Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York.

Previous Positions Held:

• Interim Vice-President, Student Services, Los Angeles Southwest College, one of nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District, the largest district in the country
• Vice-President, Student Affairs, Southwestern Community College District
• Interim, Supt/President, Southwestern Community College District
• Interim Dean, Academic Information Services, Southwestern Community College Dist. Library, Learning Resource Center, Tutorial Services, and Instructional Technology
• Dean of Student Services (Counseling, DSPS, and Matriculation), Southwestern Community College District
• Director of Financial Aid, EOPS, Student Employment, Student Activities, Cooperative Education
• Financial Aid Advisor, Southwestern Community College District, 2 years. Over 30 years of service to the Southwestern Community College District

Professional Leadership:

• Harvard Institute for Educational Management
• American Association of Community College-National Community College Hispanic Council Leadership Fellows Program
• Community College Student Development Leadership Institute
• Kellogg Fellow, League for Innovation in the Community Colleges

Education

• Ed. D. in Educational Leadership, San Diego State University
• Masters of Arts, Educational Administration, Azusa Pacific University
• B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, General Education/Political Science, Palomar Community College District- transferred in two years

Community Involvement

• Moreno Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors - Member
• Sweetwater Union High School District- Board of Trustees, 16 years. Three times, Board President
• Provided leadership in the passage of over $ 800,000 million bond funds to rebuild the Sweetwater schools; Voted and supported the Compact for Success Partnership Program with SDSU; Established the Sweetwater School District Mariachi Music Program; Currently, President of the Mariachi Scholarship Foundation. Strong advocate for diversity and bi-lingual programs
• Chula Vista Elementary School District-Board of Trustees, 4 years. Was Board President for one year

Recognition

• Recognized as a "Community Leader in Bi-literacy" by San Diego County Education in 2002
• Recognized by the Latino Builders Association as Community Leader for K-12 Construction Projects in 2002; Recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego region, as Hispanic Leader for Hispanic Heritage Month in 2005
• Recognized by Congressman Bob Filner for the First Annual Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast at Southwestern College in 2008
• Recognized by the Chicano Latino Coalition of Southwestern College for contributions to the Cesar Chavez Scholarship Awards Breakfast Ceremony and the Southwestern College Community, 2009
• Recognized by the Chicano Latino Coalition of Southwestern College for 31 years of dedicated service to the Southwestern Community College District, Spring 2010
• Recognized by the State of California Legislature (Senate and Assembly) for sixteen years of educational leadership in the Sweetwater Union High School District, Fall 2010

Cordell A. Briggs, Ph.D., who is an associate professor of English, has served as Dean of the Public Safety Education and Training Program since 2007. At RCCD, Cordell Briggs has also served in the classroom and held a variety of administrative positions for the past twenty years. In 2007, he was the 47th Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in the District and maintains his research interest in sociolinguistics and African American literature.

B.A. History - University of California, Riverside
M.L.I.S. - California State University, San Jose, CA

Started at the Riverside Campus as the Public Services Librarian in 1995. After a brief absence from the District to serve as the Branch Manager of the Hawaii State Public Library in Lihue (January 2005-June 2006), has served as the Dean of the Moreno Valley College Library/Learning Resource Center since July 2006