Honored to serve
LBCCD, Trustee Area 3
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LBCC Board of Trustees, District 3
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IN THE NEWS
LBCC Kicks Off New Initiative To Link Students With Employers
Long Beach College Promise Continues To Expand Opportunities For Students
Long Beach College ‘Promise 2.0’ Guarantees Transition For LBCC Students To CSULB
LBCC now accepting students for classes that could lead to port jobs
Long Beach City College District received 120 donated cases of food for student food pantry
$14.7M Science Building Renovation Completed At LBCC
Long Beach Grads Can Get Two Years Tuition-Free At City College
College Promise 2.0 to provide cheaper path to CSULB—but you have to go through LBCC first
Billion Dollar Effort to Fight Homelessness Approved By LA County Supervisors
Long Beach City College can now feed more students than before. This is why.
LBCC Celebrates Completion Of Historic Building Renovation
Graduation rates increase for Cal State Long Beach, LBCC and Long Beach Unified in 2018
Long Beach Community College District Board Approves $850 Million Bond for June Ballot
ICT’s dazzling gala features humanitarian honorees
Long Beach Community College District Trustees Pledge Support For School’s Undocumented Students
Predicting a Sunny Future for Long Beach City College
Long Beach City College spending needs public scrutiny: Sunny Zia
ABOUT SUNNY
Sunny Zia is serving her second term on the Long Beach Community College District board, having been elected Trustee for Area 3 in April of 2014. Upon securing this post, she became the first Jewish-Iranian American woman to assume elected public office in California. As a first-generation Iranian American, the importance of hard work and education in achieving the American Dream have been paramount in her life.
She was the only female and the first to graduate from her class of Civil Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran. She later graduated with honors and received a Master of Science from University of California, Irvine in Civil Engineering. She has over two decades of experience in Construction, Environmental, Water and Infrastructure projects.
As Contract Compliance and Program Manager with the Port of Long Beach, Sunny Zia has overseen a variety of multidisciplinary capital improvement programs, including $870 million worth of work spanning construction, remediation, and oil-field operation and relocation efforts. Her accomplishments include securing more than $38 million in reimbursement funds from a petroleum company based at Pier A-West. Ms. Zia has worked integrally with a wide range of stakeholders, from local, state, federal, harbor commissioners and staff, to tenants, officials, and community members. She has supervised oversight of over $2.4 billion dollars of contracting activities related to port projects leading to savings of over $12M.
Under her leadership as a Trustee, she has instilled measures supporting students experiencing food and housing insecurity, support for formerly incarcerated youth and led building public private partnerships to support a pipeline for the career and educational future of the students. As a leader whose work has spanned from working with at risk youth, addressing hate crimes and bullying and support for job placement for displaced Americans, she has been a stalwart for giving chances to youth and returning students in supporting their college and career prospects in society.