Santa Monica College Board Gets New Leadership
By Lookout Staff
December 7, 2012 – The Santa Monica College Board has elected Dr. Nancy Greenstein chair and Dr. Susan Aminoff vice chair as the college prepares to navigate an uncertain economy .
Greenstein, who held the top post in 20067, succeeds Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez and Aminoff succeeds Greenstein. The posts rotate annually.
Greenstein, who has served on the board since 2002, is s co-chair emeritus of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) and active in a number of community organizations. She sits on the board of the Southern California ACLU and has served as the chapter's past president.
The director of Police Community Services at the UCLA Police Department since 1997, Greenstein has “ received national recognition for community policing programs and strategies for bringing together diverse groups and agencies to resolve various issues,” college officials said. She has also worked as the Public Safety Administrator in West Hollywood.
Greenstein's awards include the prestigious Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award, a national honor, in 2009; State Legislature Woman of the Year Award, in 2010; and the UCLA Educational Leadership Award.
She is currently Santa Monica's representative to the Los Angeles County West Vector District Board and has served on the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation, the Santa Monica Charter Review Commission and af the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“With such varied expertise, she is routinely called upon to consult with local governmental agencies, law enforcement and community groups regarding public safety, community partnerships, community relationships and problem solving,” college officials said.
Greenstein received her bachelor’s degree in education from Boston University, masters of social work with a community organizing specialty from UCLA, and a doctorate in education from UCLA.
Aminoff – a retired professor of sociology at The Los Angeles Community College District who has lived in Santa Monica for 29 years – was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2004 and previously served as vice chair in 2006 and chair in 2007.
Aminoff has been active in several community college organizations and projects and is Chair Emeritus of the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee of the Los Angeles College Guild.
She serves as an advisor to benefits committees throughout the state, and teaches a course in employee health benefits at the Los Angeles Trade Tech Labor Center. She also counsels retiring Los Angeles faculty on retirement and Medicare issues. While at L.A. Pierce College, she developed and administered the ENCORE Emeritus College for Lifelong Learning.
Dr. Aminoff, who currently serves on The Broad Stage Board of Directors, received her bachelor's degree in sociology from State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master's in gerontology and master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Southern California.
