CAPPS Board of Directors
President
Dorothy Metcalfe
Regional Director
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM)
17590 Gillette Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614-5610
PH: 949-851-6200
FX: 949-851-6808
dmetcalfe@fidm.edu
Immediate Past President
Tate Holland
Make-Up Designory - Los Angeles School of Makeup
129 S. San Fernando Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
PH: 818-729-9420
FX: 818-729-9971
tate@makeupschool.com
Vice President
Christopher Becker
Managing Director, Kitchen Academy Division
Career Education Corporation
521 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101-5221
PH: 626-484-1652
FX: 626-441-0592
cbecker@careered.com
Secretary
Frederick Holland
Campus President
Westwood College
20 West 7th Street
Upland, CA 91786
PH: 909-931-7599
FX: 909-946-6304
fholland@westwood.edu
Treasurer
Mason Myers
President
National Holistic Institute
5900 Hollis Street, Suite Q
Emeryville, CA 94608
PH: 510-547-6444 x103
FX: 510-547-6621
mason@nhi.com
Jeff Akens
President
Western Career College
7801 Folsom Blvd., Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95826
PH: (916) 388-2881
jeffakens@westerncollege.com
Jim Buffington
President
Career Network Institute, Inc.
3420 Bristol Street, Suite 209
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
PH: (714) 437-9697
FX: (714) 437-9656
jim.buffington@cniworks.com
William Brown
Director
Brownson Technical School
1110 Technology Circle, Suite D
Anaheim, CA 92805
PH: 714-774-9443
FX: 714-774-5025
brownson98@earthlink.net
Eeva Deshon
Chief Financial Officer
Heald College - Central Admin Offices
601 Montgomery St., 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
PH: (415) 808-1400
FX: (415) 808-1590
eeva_deshon@heald.edu
Kim Esquerre
Executive Director
Universal Schools- Riverside
2023 Chicago Avenue, Suite B-1
Riverside, CA 92507
PH: 951-784-4466
FX: 951-680-4151
kim@uscmed.com
Richard (Dick) Flann
College Director
ITT Technical Institute - Rancho Cordova
10863 Gold Center Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
PH: 916-851-3900
FX: 916-851-1161
rflann@itt-tech.edu
Mitchell Fuerst
Owner
North-West College
2121 W. Garvey Avenue North
West Covina, CA 91790
PH: (626) 960-5046
FX: (626) 962-1573
mfuerstnwc@aol.com
Lynelle Lynch
President
Poway Academy
13266 Poway Road
Poway, CA 92064
PH: 858-748-1490 X 308
FX: 858-748-7169
president@sandiegobeautyacademy.com
Charles Mugrdechian
Chief Operating Officer
West Coast College
14725 7th Street, Suite 1000
Victorville, CA 92392
PH: (760) 241-7332
FX: (760) 245-5443
charlesm@wccollege.com
Andrea Shaw (Allied Member Representatve)
Director of Marketing
Pearson Learning Solutions
One Lake Street
Saddle River, NJ 07458
PH: (916) 984-4878
Andrea.shaw@pearson.com
Rick Wood
Vice President
BrightStar Education Group
564 West Herndon
Clovis, CA 93612
PH: 559-297-4500
FX: 559-297-5822
rwood@it-email.com
Executive Director:
Robert W. Johnson
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1560
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-447-5500 or
888-92-CAPPS (888-922-2777)
Fax: 916-440-8970
Robert@cappsonline.org
General Counsel:
Keith Zakarin
Duane Morris LLP
PH: 619-744-2200
FX: 619-744-2201
kzakarin@duanemorris.com
Legislative Advocate:
Laura Brown, President
Laura Brown & Associates
PH: 916-442-4589
FX: 916-847-7870
laurabrown@surewest.net