About Us

The Central Region Consortium (CRC) is one of seven regional consortia funded by the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Perkins IV), Public Law (P.L.) 109-270.  Funds are awarded via competitive bid by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCCCO) to enhance the development of Career Technical Education (CTE) leadership and economic and workforce development (EWD).

Geographically distributed from Stockton in the north, to Bakersfield in the south, east to the Nevada border, and west to the coastal communities of Salinas and Gilroy, the Central Region Consortium provides an avenue for coordinating both regional and statewide CTE and EWD programs, increasing collaborative responses to state and regional needs, facilitating the endorsement of new credit CTE programs, and serving as a primary link between local colleges.

Fiscal responsibility and administration of the project is managed by the Yosemite Community College District.

• James Andersen, Dean of CTE at Merced College. Serves as the Central Region Consortium's CTE Co-Chair
• Louann Waldner, Ph.D., Director of the EWD Center for Applied Competitive Technologies at College of the Sequoias.  Serves as the Central Region Consortium's EWD Co-Chair
• Sue Clark, Program Specialist for the Yosemite Community College District (fiscal agent). Serves as the Central Region Consortium's Project Director and Coordinator.

The Central Region Consortium project office is located on the Modesto Junior College west campus.  The mailing address is Modesto Junior College, El Capitan-West Campus, 435 College Avenue, Modesto, California 95350.  The office is open during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The office telephone number is 209.575.6808.

The project's WORKPLAN provides a detailed description of project objectives and activities.  

The project's ANNUAL REPORT OF MEASURABLE OUTCOMES reports accomplishments for 2011-2012.

The project's WORK PLAN PRIORITIES LIST documents annual activities and sub-committee members.