At its annual organizational meeting in December, the Mt. San Antonio College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Manuel Baca as president, Robert Hidalgo as vice president, and Jay Chen as clerk. They will serve one-year terms, effective immediately.

Baca was elected to the Mt. SAC Board of Trustees in 1999 and reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. During his tenure on the governing board, he has served multiple terms as president. His professional experience spans the state university and community college systems. He currently teaches political science at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, where he has also held key academic and administrative positions, including an interim presidency.

Hidalgo was elected to the Mt. SAC Board of Trustees in 2013. Previously, he served on the Rowland Unified School Board of Education to which he was elected in 2005 and in 2009. He has also served on the executive board for the California Latino School Board Association, Los Angeles County School Trustees Association, and the La Puente Valley Regional Occupational Program.

Chen was elected to the Mt. SAC Board of Trustees in 2015. Previously, he served on the Board of Education for the Hacienda /La Puente Unified School District for 8 years, serving as board president twice.

The other Mt. SAC trustees are outgoing president Rosanne Bader, trustee Judy Chen Haggerty, trustee Dr. David K. Hall, trustee Laura Santos, and student trustee Corey Case.