News Release

ESCC Campus

CCCC Hires New Director for Mammoth and Bishop Campuses

January 3, 2007

Cerro Coso Community College is proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Deanna Campbell as the new Director of the Eastern Sierra College Center. Ms. Campbell has had numerous years experience in education as faculty and adjunct faculty for colleges and universities in Shanghai, Pennsylvania, Arizona and California. Most recently, Campbell has been adjunct faculty for Cerro Coso Community College teaching both international business and accounting.

Cerro Coso Community College and the Mammoth Lakes Foundation will be hosting two Open Houses to introduce Deanna Campbell to the communities the Eastern Sierra College Center serves. The Bishop Campus Open House and Student Art Opening will take place on the Bishop Campus, Friday, January 12 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Mammoth Lakes Open House with performance by Brian Schuldt & Rebecca Hang of the Felici Trio will take place at the Mammoth Lakes Campus from 6 to 8 p.m. also on January 12.

Prior to moving to the Eastern Sierras in 2004, Campbell worked for Morgan Stanley as a Senior Associate for Investment Banking, in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York, executing mergers and acquisitions, high-yield debt and equity issuances and providing corporate advisory services. Campbell also worked for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group as Manager of Corporate Banking in Shanghai, managing the bank's China loan portfolio; and American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago as an Analyst of Commercial Lending in Chicago.

Campbell has a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.

Since moving to the Eastern Sierras, Campbell and her husband Andrew have been involved in volunteer and community service activities. She is currently Secretary of the Board, for the Lower Rock Creek Mutual Water Company; a volunteer firefighter, with Paradise Fire Protection District; a volunteer team member with Inyo County Search and Rescue; and provides private tutoring for local students.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230