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For three decades Donald Brown has developed and implemented strategies aimed at retaining and graduating African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American students from high school and preparing them for college and university life. Dr.Brown's achievements, as the creator and director of the African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American (AHANA) program at Boston College, have been models for educators across the country. He turned a 17% retention rate for the educationally disenfranchised at Boston College into a 95% retention rate.

During his years with Upward Bound, the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services and Boston College, Dr. Brown utilized effective academic advising, personal and group counseling, tutoring, academic performance monitoring and mentoring to lift young people out of poverty and despair and guide them onto lives of confidence and attainment.

Dr. Brown was a founding member of Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts which began in 1989. Recently, he founded Project Promise, Inc., an initiative aimed at assisting youth between the 3rd and 12th grade with the academic, social, cultural and spiritual support necessary for success in school and in life. In addition, Dr. Brown is a founding member of the newly established chapter of Concerned Black Men of San Bernardino County. The focus of the chapter, in keeping with the philosophy of the organization, is on improving the lives of African-American males.

On April 26th, 2007 Dr. Brown began his ministry of service as Dean of the San Bernardino Campus of Community Christian College and Director of Student Support Services. In these roles he is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing a broad array of services aimed at helping students successfully negotiate the College.

Dr. Brown is married to Cheryl and has an 18 year-old son Andrew who is a senior at Bonita High School in La Verne, California.

Dr.Brown earned his Doctorate in Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has devoted his life to the ideal of achieving equal educational opportunity for under-served populations.

Debra Prins currently serves Community Christian College as the Financial Aid Administrator and VA Certifying Official. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech communication from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has previously been the bookkeeper for The River Christian Reformed Church in Redlands, California for five years. Prior to her bookkeeping she was employed by a food broker for thirteen years in Los Angeles, where she gained experience in fund management, employee training and marketing.

She is married to Bruce Prins, Biology professor at California Baptist University and here at Community Christian College. Together they have four children ranging in age from five to fifteen years. Her goal is to help students attain a Christian education at CCC by keeping accurate academic records and providing information and resources in financial aid.

Enrique Melendez is the Assistant Director of Admissions for Community Christian College.  He manages the recruiting of new students for both the Redlands campus and Ontario/Chino teaching sites.  Enrique also works as a volunteer Chaplain for the Chino Institute for Men in Chino, California, where he mentors inmates, leading them out of a life in gangs.  Enrique joined Community Christian College in April, 2008.  He is often a guest speaker in the local churches and awards tuition scholarships for new students.  Enrique is very passionate about a Christian worldview education.  Prior to his current position, he was a Field Educational Advisor for Universal Technical Institute, where he managed the recruiting of new students in Northern Nevada and West Florida.

Raised in La Puente, California, Enrique now lives with his two boys in Rancho Cucamonga.  He is working on his B.A. degree in theology and hopes to one day teach in the local prison.

Ms. Jones is the mother of three young ladies: Britney, Trevonia, and Micailah. She is currently working toward her B.A at California Baptist University after successfully completing her A.A. in Liberal Studies here at CCC. She works as an English tutor with CCC as well as working as a journalist for a local newspaper. Her eventual goal is to become an English professor and return to CCC to teach English.

Cheville Riley-McKenzie is the wife to Rev. David McKenzie and the mother of four children: David II 17, Chantelle 16, Jayvon 13, and Desiree 11. Cheville recieved her A.A. from Victor Valley College in 2008 and her B.A. in Human Services, 2010.  Cheville's husband David has been the Youth Pastor of Temple Missionary Baptist Church for over six years, where Cheville works along side of him.  She is also on the Praise and Worship Team at Temple.  Cheville loves to sing but her passion is working with youth and teaching them about abstinence.

David Zamora and his wife Bianca have three children: Joseph, Adriana and David Jr. Currently, David is the senior pastor of Living Way Christian Fellowship in Fontana. In addition to working for Community Christian College, Pastor Dave is also the Chaplain for the Fontana Parole Office. He is also a motivational speaker and uses his past experiences to reach out to youth in high school and middle school. Pastor Dave has received the Hispanic Heritage award in 2007 for his involvement in the community.

Saroja Sinniah is the Business Manager for Community Christian College. She was born, raised, and married in Malaysia. She attended Goon's College and received a diploma in Accounting in 1981. She then worked four years for a British manufacturing company in the accounting department. She worked five years in the finance and accounting department for a huge Japanese general mercantile store.

Upon relocation to the United States, she obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts from California Baptist University in 2003 and her Master's Degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University in 2007.

She is married and lives in Redlands with her husband and four children, ranging in age from six to twenty-two. Her favorite pasttimes are gardening and cooking. She has home schooled her children in their early years, has taught Sunday School classes for many years, and has a passion for classroom teaching.

Marilyn Hope has served Community Christian College as Librarian since 2000.  She received her M.L.I.S. from the University of Hawaii in 1990, after working as an itinerant medical librarian for over ten years for Inland Empire hospital and county libraries.  She then worked six years as a Medical Reference Librarian for the Health Sciences Library of the University of Arizona, and served as webmaster in the Information Technology Department of the City of Tucson for two years.  She has been greatly influenced by a historical family tradition of conscientious Biblical scholars who had a penchant for developing large personal libraries.

Marilyn has had an eclectic interest in accumulating knowledge.  She was a science major at Westmont College and U.C. Irvine, then delved into Anthropology at U.C. Riverside, incorporating a major emphasis on the medical and health-related sciences wherever applicable.  She also studied music at the University of Redlands and has become a proficient harpist.

Francisco Ahumada (Community Christian College)

Systems Administrator
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