Dr. Judy C. Miner assumed the presidency of Foothill College on July 1, 2007. She has worked as a higher education administrator since 1977 and in the California Community Colleges since 1979 when City College of San Francisco selected her as the dean of Admissions and Records. In the mid-1980s, she held two positions at the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office: special assistant to the vice chancellor for Student Services and program coordinator for the Transfer Center Pilot Program.   Beginning in 1988, Dr. Miner then served De Anza College for eighteen and a half years in a number of positions including those of dean of Matriculation Services and instructor of history; acting dean of Special Education; dean of Academic Services; provost of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences; interim president; and ultimately, vice president of Instruction.

Dr. Miner earned her B.A., summa cum laude, in history and French at Lone Mountain College in San Francisco; her M.A. in history at that same college; and her Ed.D. in organization and leadership (with a concentration in education law) from the University of San Francisco. 

At the national level, she serves on the Commission for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity of the American Council of Education; the Board of Directors for the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); the planning committee for the National Academy of Sciences 2011 invitiation-only Science Education Summit; and the STEM Higher Education Working Group under the auspices of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Regionally, she serves on advisory boards for the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning; Doctorate in Education Program at San Francisco State University; Los Altos Library Endowment; San Francisco Opera Education Programs; and the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival.

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