5 LEADERS JOIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Five community leaders have recently joined the board of directors of College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. Foundation, a fundraising arm of the local community college. Mike Dugan, Dan Goetz, Dean Ogrin, Adrian Simon and Gary Saenger will work with the foundation to help raise money to meet the financial goals of the college. Dugan is vice president and laboratory director for Specialty Laboratories Inc., a Valencia-based company that provides cutting-edge specialized clinical laboratory testing in fields such as immunology and infectious disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. . His interest in the foundation grew from a goal of developing a strong health educational program to serve the medical, laboratory and bio-pharmaceutical industry. Goetz is president of UltraVioletDevices Inc. a Valencia company that manufactures air and water purification devices. He also is involved with the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. School-to-Business Alliance and the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce. Dean Ogrin has been an attorney since 1990 and is a partner with the civil and personal injury law firm Nicastro, Piscopo & Ogrin, with offices in Valencia and Orange County. He also coaches Hart PONY League baseball and Santa Clarita Warriors football. Simon is the managing director of Quantum Capital Partners Inc., a financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and real estate consulting firm. He is a member of the Weizman Institute of Technology in Rehovot, Israel, and sits on the boards of the Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Definition Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the most common chronic Foundation and Hebrew Union College The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish seminary in the New World and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. . Saenger, an Air Force veteran, is the owner and president of the executive search firm Saenger Associates. An 18-year resident of the area, he also is involved with the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club and Big Brothers of America. For information about the foundation, visit its Web site at www.canyons.edu or call (661) 362-3434. |
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