LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Yuba Community College District has selected the next dean of Woodland Community College’s Lake County Campus.

The district board unanimously voted to approve the appointment of Ingrid Larsen at its Dec. 15 meeting.

Larsen has worked as an academic counselor and instructor for college success skills at the Lake County Campus since 2016, according to a college profile.

She will succeed Dr. Annette Lee, who served as dean on an interim basis since July, after the departure of Dr. Cirilo Cortez.

The contract with Larsen that the board approved — signed by her and interim Chancellor James Houpis on Nov. 30 — runs from Dec. 31 to June 30, 2024.

She will receive a base salary of $115,446 per year based on the Yuba Community College District 2021-2022 Management Salary Schedule, Range 37, Step 4.

Larsen holds a Bachelor of Science in health science from California State University, Chico, and a Master of Arts in counseling with a Pupil Personnel Credential from Sonoma State University. She also studied at Florida Institute of Technology in behavior analysis.

Larsen’s college profile page says she started her career pathway working with victims of crime and supporting health education. She’s worked as an educator in Lake County’s kindergarten through high school system, credentialed counselor and behavior analyst. She also has been adjunct disability resources counselor for Mendocino College.

At Woodland Community College, she has worked with the Lake County Extended Opportunity Program & Services, or EOPS/CARE, and CalWORKs programs.

She loves the outdoors and enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, camping and photography, according to her faculty profile.

In other news, the district board held its annual organizational meeting at the same time as the regular Dec. 15 meeting, appointing Juan Delgado as board president, Susan Alves as board vice president and Jesse Ortiz as board clerk for 2023.

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