CAPPS Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Frederick Holland
President
West Coast University - Ontario
3130 E. Sedona Court
Ontario, CA 91764
PH: (909) 218-3329
fholland@westcoastuniversity.edu
Immediate Past President
Dorothy Metcalfe
Regional Campus Director
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
17590 Gillette Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614
PH: (949) 851-6200
FX: (949) 851-6808
dmetcalfe@fidm.edu
Vice President
Mason Myers
President
National Holistic Institute - Emeryville
5900 Hollis Street, Suite Q
Emeryville, CA 94608
PH: (510) 547-6442
FX: (510) 547-6621
myersm@nhi.edu
Secretary
Rick Wood
Regional VP Operations
Brightstar Education Group
564 West Herndon Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
PH: (559) 229-1845
FX: (559) 297-5822
rwood@it-email.com
Treasurer
Jeff Akens
President
Western Career College Corp. - Administrative Offices
7801 Folsom Blvd., Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95826
PH: (916) 388-2800
FX: (916) 388-1609
jeffakens@westerncollege.com
Board Members
William Brown
Director
Brownson Technical School
1110 Technology Circle, Suite D
Anaheim, CA 92805
PH: (714) 774-9443
FX: (714) 774-5025
bill.brownsontech@sbcglobal.net
Jim Buffington
President
CNI College
3420 Bristol Street, Suite 209
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
PH: (714) 437-9697
FX: (714) 437-5260
jbuffington@cnicollege.edu
Eeva Deshon
Chief Financial Officer
Heald College - Central Admin Offices
601 Montgomery St., 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
PH: (415) 808-1400
FX: (415) 808-1590
eeva_deshon@heald.edu
Kim Esquerre
Executive Director
U.S. Colleges - Riverside
2023 Chicago Avenue, Suite B-1
Riverside, CA 92507
PH: (951) 784-4466
FX: (951) 680-4151
kim@uscmed.com
Mitchell Fuerst
Vice President
North-West College - West Covina
2121 West Garvey Avenue North
West Covina, CA 91790
PH: (626) 960-5046
FX: (626) 962-1573
mfuerstnwc@aol.com
Lynelle Lynch
President
Bellus Academy, The Academy of Beauty & Spa
13266 Poway Road
Poway, CA 92064
PH: (858) 748-1490
FX: (858) 748-7169
llynch@sandiegobeautyacademy.com
Charles Mugrdechian
Chief Operatiions Officer
National Polytechnic College
14725 7th Street, Suite 1000
Victorville, CA 92395
PH: (760) 241-7332
FX: (760) 245-5443
charlesm@wccollege.com
Andrea Shaw
Director of Marketing
Pearson Learning Solutions
312 Silberhorn Dr.
Folsom, CA 95630
PH: (916) 984-4878
andrea.shaw@pearson.com
Laura Soloff
President
Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
2900 31st Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
PH: (310) 314-6021
FX: (310) 752-4708
lsoloff@aii.edu
David Vice
President
TechSkills of Sacramento
1215 Howe Ave., Ste. 101
Sacramento, CA 95825
PH: (916) 649-9600
FX: (916) 649-9700
dvice@techskills-sac.com
Executive Director:
Robert W. Johnson
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1560
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-447-5500 or
888-92-CAPPS (888-922-2777)
Fax: 916-440-8970
Robert@cappsonline.org
General Counsel:
Keith Zakarin
Duane Morris LLP
PH: 619-744-2200
FX: 619-744-2201
kzakarin@duanemorris.com