Members of the Board of Trustees

James C. Ramos was elected to the San Bernardino Community College District Board of Trustees in 2005.

He is Chairman of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a local businessman, and real estate investor. During the past ten years, James has served his community through various non-profit and civic organizations, including Arrowhead United Way, San Bernardino County Museum, Inland Empire Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, SBVC Foundation, and KVCR Educational Foundation.

James Ramos has been awarded "Keeper of the Light Award" for distinguished contributions to the Inland Empire Community of Education. Mr. Ramos also received awards and recognition from the San Bernardino Sun newspaper as one of ten "Who Made a Difference in 2000," and the 2002 Diversity Award from California State University, San Bernardino. In 2003, James Ramos also received the Congressional Community Leadership Award.

Trustee Ramos earned his B.S. in business administration from CSUSB and his MBA from the University of Redlands.

Carleton W. Lockwood, Jr. began a new term of office in 2008. He was first elected to the San Bernardino Community College District Board of Trustees in 1991, serving a term as President.

He is president of Lockwood Engineering & Surveying Co. in Rialto, initially joining his father's firm in 1990. Trustee Lockwood is on the Crafton Hills College Foundation, East Rialto Kiwanis, the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors Association and American Society of Civil Engineering and Land Surveying.

He earned a bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering from San Diego State University and an associate degree from San Bernardino Valley College.

Dr. Donald L. Singer joined the Board of Trustees in November 2001.

Dr. Singer serves as President of American Sports University in San Bernardino. American Sports University is the nation's only four-year institution of higher education devoted to Sports Education. He has also served as President of Crafton Hills College (1982-1990) and San Bernardino Valley College (199l-1997).

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the California Community College Trustees, the state-wide organization which represents all community college trustees in the State, and is also a member of the Association of Community College Trustees, the national organization which represents over 7,000 community college trustees in the United States.

Dr. Singer received his bachelor's, master's in education, master's in history and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Southern California.

He is a member of the San Bernardino Kiwanis Club and of Temple EmanuEl in San Bernardino.

John M. Futch was elected to the Board in 2008.

As a former administrator at California State University, San Bernardino, Trustee Futch was an advocate for student rights and college accessibility.

He is a graduate of San Bernardino Valley College and received his bachelor of arts in political science and master's of arts in social science from CSUSB. His first career was as a fingerprint classifier with the FBI. At age 20, he was sworn in as a police officer in Washington, D.C. Upon retirement, he worked in fingerprints with LAPD, and as a criminial analyst with the Riverside County Sheriff's department and later as an investigator with the Riverside County Public Defender's Office.

Trustee Futch has lived in the Inland Empire for over 30 years, and is a supportive member of several non-profit organizations.

John Longville was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2008, at which time he retired from his adjunct faculty position at San Bernardino Valley College.

He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (2007-present), and has previously served as a member of the California State Assembly (1998-2004), Mayor of Rialto (1987-1998), and member of the Rialto City Council (1978-1984 & 1986-1987). During his municipal government years, John was particularly active in regional government agencies, serving as President of both San Bernardino Associated Governments (1982-1983) and the Southern California Association of Governments (1992-1993) and as a founding board member of the Southern California Regional Rail Association (Metrolink).

He has been active in a wide array of local civic and charitable organizations since he first moved to San Bernardino County in 1972 to work as press secretary for the late Congressman George Brown.

Dr. Charles S. Terrell, Jr. joined the Board of Trustees in November 2001.

Currently, Dr. Terrell is the president of Edu-Vision, Inc. He has extensive experience in the K-12 environment, serving as the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (1982-1993), Superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District (1977-1982), Superintendent of the Corona-Norco Unified School District (1969-1976) and Superintendent of the Needles Unified School District (1966-1969).

He has experience teaching at the college/university level and has been active in many academic organizations.

Dr. Terrell received his master's degree in guidance/counseling from San Diego State and his doctorate in education administration from the University of Southern California.

Jess C. Vizcaino, Jr. was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2008. He is currently a Senior Congressional Representative to Congressman Joe Baca, 43rd District. Trustee Vizcaino is a former high school teacher of civics and history. In 1985 Trustee Vizcaino served a three year stint in the United States Army as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Trustee Vizcaino is active in the community, serving as President of the Greater San Bernardino Kiwanis club and as the Lt. Governor for Kiwanis International Division 36. He also served as a volunteer for ten years with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Inland Empire Future Leaders, mentoring program through City Parks and Recreation, and is currently a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and Sigma Chi International.

He earned his associate degree in fire science from Crafton Hills College and his bachelor's of arts in communication from Cal State San Bernardino. He has completed all his graduate coursework for the MPA program with the degree pending.

Daniel Shedd is currently an active member of the Associated Student Government. He has been a strong advocate for all students and believes the success of all students relies on various environments throughout the college community.

Daniel was recently elected Regional Senator to the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. He will represent eleven community colleges at the state level. After completing his A.A. in Social Science, Daniel will transfer to Cal-State to major in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Administration. Daniel would like to become a social worker or teacher and further his political career in public office.

Robert P. Alexander has been an advocate for students.  He previously served as Student Senator and President for the Associated Student Government and is currently active in the Region IX at the state level.   He traveled to Washington DC and Sacramento on behalf of community college students.

Robert maintained an overall GPA of 3.7 while completing over 122 units at SBVC.  He plans to transfer to a four-year university to major in Sociology and then enroll in law school.  He hopes to prepare for a career in law and politics.  In addition to being a full-time student, Robert is employed full-time.  He is married and has two children.